Eight of the 10 fillies entered in the $150,000 Thomas D’Altrui Miss New Jersey will compete in a $20,000 prep race on Friday, May 20, 2011 at the Meadowlands Racetrack
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Two of the entrants, Honky Tonk Woman by Western Ideal and Weekend Update by Rocknroll Hanover, will face off in the final with the eight fillies who entered the prep.
The Miss New Jersey Final shares the May 28 card with the $400,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic for colts and geldings.
Both the Miss New Jersey and the New Jersey Classic are restricted to three-year-old New Jersey-sired pacers and are sponsored by the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey.
Entered in the prep are four daughters of Western Ideal [Krispy Apple, So Perfect, Music Row and I Kill Time], three by Rocknroll Hanover [Myluvmylive, Rocklamation and Pretty Katherine] and one by Red River Hanover [My Red Hot Mama].
Driver assignments, finalized at scratch time on Tuesday morning, will be interesting as David Miller has been named on three of the fillies [Myluvmylife, My Red Hot Mama and Pretty Katherine] while Tim Tetrick is named on four [Krispy Apple, Rocklamation, Music Row and I Kill Time]. Brian Sears has the call on So Perfect.
The entrants in the featured tenth race are, from the rail out: Krispy Apple, Myluvmylife, So Perfect, My Red Hot Mama, Rocklamation, Music Row, I Kill Time and Pretty Katherine.
The stakes record for the Miss New Jersey, which debuted in 1984, is held by 2010 winner Put On A Show who paced the mile in 1:50.
(SBOANJ)