East Rutherford, NJ – Seven Colors started 2025 with no wins from his first eight starts. That’ll happen when you go up against the likes of Ervin Hanover, Ken Hanover and Sabonis.
But lately, the Andrew Harris trainee has gotten his act together, winning four of his last five against solid overnight stock – as compared to the killers on the Grand Circuit – at Harrah’s Philadelphia, and then, at The Meadowlands, where he won the Saturday night feature for a second straight outing, a $22,500 high-end conditioned pace.
“He’s just good right now,” said Harris. “He’s been back to himself. Unfortunately, he spent the summer battling health issues and missed most of his stakes schedule.”
Ever since going on his recent streak starting on Sept. 21, it’s clear that the 5-year-old son of Stay Hungry-Rainbowinthedark has shrugged off his early-season blues.
In the early stages, Seven Colors was parked four-wide into the first turn in the six-horse field as Mad Max Hanover, Southwind Gendry and Voukefalas all left underneath the eventual winner. Voukefalas took the field past the quarter in :27.1, but then Seven Colors, sent to the gate as the 7-5 second choice in the wagering, made his way to the top just before the three-eighths and hit the half in a comfortable :55.4.
Off that easy second panel, Seven Colors was setting a moderate pace, which enabled Mad Max Hanover to come alongside and challenge the leader as three-quarters was reached in 1:23.4. Off a middle half that was timed in :56.3, Seven Colors had plenty left in the tank, shrugging off Mad Max Hanover when they straightened up for the drive to the wire, and easily held off the pocket-sitting 6-5 favorite Voukefalas to record a 1-1/4 length win in 1:50.2. Mad Max Hanover held third.
“He’s been racing well and got a pretty good lead (into the stretch)”, said winning driver Dexter Dunn. “But when you have a horse like Voukefalas on your back, you know you’re going to be in for a pretty good fight.”
“He’s got so much back class,” said Harris. “And then you throw Dex on. It gets pretty easy to flex.”
Seven Colors now has 15 career victories in 57 tries, good for earnings of $1,104,411 for owners Bill Pollock, Bruce Areman and Harris. He returned $4.80 to his backers.
A LITTLE MORE: Andy McCarthy and Yannick Gingras led the driver colony with three winners each. … Ron Burke topped the trainers with three walks down victory lane, all of them guided by Gingras. … All-source handle totaled $2,193,270 on the 12-dash program. … Next week will mark the second of six race weeks from now until the end of the year when racing will take place on a Thursday-Friday-Saturday schedule. Post time is 6:20 p.m.