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2005 New Jersey Standardbred Highlights
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SBOA-NJ Horse Show Grand Champion
GW Burnt Toast, a yearling colt by No Nukes, was chosen grand champion of the 43rd annual horse show sponsored by the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey in 2005. Owned and bred Earle A. Gale, left, and shown by handler Josh Gale, is out of the mare GW Rosemarie. Among those on hand for the presentation at the Horse Park of New Jersey show were SBOANJ Directors, from right to left, Alfred B. Ochsner, Anthony J. Parenti and Martin J. O’ Hare. (World Wide Racing Photos).
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NJ Standardbred of the Year
Mr Muscleman, sired by Muscles Yankee, was selected as the New Jersey Standardbred of the Year for 2005. The five-year-old trotting gelding, won 12 of 14 races and earned $1,364,220 for the year. Bred by Spar J Stables and Brittany Farms, Mr Muscleman is owned by Adam Victor and Son Stable, trained by Noel Daley and driven by Ron Pierce. The award was presented by the Equine Advisory Board of the State Department of Agriculture upon the recommendation of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey, which registers all New Jersey stallions for breeding. The sire, Muscles Yankee, stands at Perretti Farms in Cream Ridge. (Lisa Photo, Inc.)
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N.J. Breeder of the Year 2004
Michael Parisi and Robin Jones of White Birch Farm in Allentown accepted the SBOANJ Breeder of the Year Award. Also pictured are SBOANJ Directors, from left, Alfred Ochsner, Anthony Abbatiello, Thomas A. D’Atrui, Ralph Pocaro and Leo McNamara, and at right, NJ Agriculture Secretary Charles Kuperus (World Wide Racing Photo). Joe Parisi, owner of White Birch, was unable to attend the presentation at the recent New Jersey Equine Awards dinner.
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Miss New Jersey Pace Winner’s Circle
Erica Lynne Scanlon, Miss New Jersey for 2005, presented the trophy for Ideal News, winner of the $200,000 Miss New Jersey Pace at The Meadowlands. Officers and directors of the SBOANJ joined the winner’s circle presentation to the owners of Ideal News. (Lisa Photo, Inc.)
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Rocknroll Hanover
Rocknroll Hanover, shown with Brian Sears driving, won the $500,000 SBOA of New Jersey Pacing Classic for 2005 in 1:51 over a muddy Meadowlands racetrack . Sired by the registered New Jersey stallion Western Ideal, who stands at Hanover Shoe Farms of New Jersey in Lambertville, the colt was bred by Hanover and trained by Brett Pelling for co-owners Jeffrey Snyder and Lothlorien Equestrian Center at the time of the race. Since that race, William J. Perretti has become a co-owner, with Rocknroll Hanover scheduled to stand at stud at his Perretti Farms in Cream Ridge, NJ. The SBOANJ founded the Classic, the richest homebred race in the nation to showcase state-sired three-year-old pacers. (Lisa Photo, Inc.)
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Ideal News
Ideal News, sired by Western Ideal, was the 2005 winner of the $200,000 Miss New Jersey Pace, filly companion race to the Pacing Classic, in 1:53.3 over the muddy Meadowlands oval. David Miller drove the filly for trainer Joe Holloway and the co-owners and co-breeders, Brittany Farms and Val D’Or Farms. The SBOANJ founded this stakes race to spotlight state-bred three-year-old pacing fillies. (Lisa Photo, Inc.)
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Helen Smith Memorial Filly Trot
Ticket To Glide, a daughter of Yankee Glide, won the $83,000 Helen Smith Memorial Trot for three-year-old New Jersey-sired fillies in 1:57.3 at Freehold Raceway on August 19. Cat Manzi is shown driving the Brett Pellingtrainee for co-owners Paul Kinnear and Douglas Hutchins to a 2-length victory. In an elimination heat a week
earlier, Ticket To Glide matched the racetrack’s record for three-year-old filly trotters with a 1:56.1 clocking. (World Wide Racing Photos)
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Charles I. Smith Memorial Trot
Strong Yankee, with Brian Sears driving, scored an easy victory in the $108,000 Charles I. Smith Memorial for
New Jersey-sired three-year-old trotting colts and geldings on October 21 in 1:58 at Freehold Raceway. The Muscles Yankee-sired colt led from start to finish, winning by six lengths for the Strong Yankee Stable and trainer Trond Smedshammer. Strong Yankee also won the $292,000 Yonkers Trot, a Trotting Triple Crown race, in
1:56.2 at Freehold on August 20.(World Wide Racing Photos)
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Harold R. Dancer Memorial
Keystone Savage, a son of Yankee Glide, won the $116,000 Harold R. Dancer Memorial for two-year-old New Jersey-sired trotting colts and geldings in 1:59.1 on September 16 at Freehold. Brian Sears drove for trainer Dane Snyder and owners King, Hartley, Stepanian and Shoplik. (World Wide Racing Photos)
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H. R. Dancer Filly Memorial
Lovely, a daughter of Yankee Glide, won the $96,250 H.R. Dancer Filly Memorial for two-year-old trotting fillies in 1:59 on September 20 at Freehold. Catello “Cat” Manzi was in the sulky for owner Arnold Shaw and trainer Todd Schadel. (World Wide Racing Photos)
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Lou Babic Filly Memorial Pace
Ideal Weather, a daughter of Western Ideal, won the $85,000 Babic Filly Memorial for two-year-old New Jerseysired pacing distaffers on September 24 at Freehold in 1:56 with Yannick Gingras driving for trainer Michael Burke and co-owners Sylvia Burke, Lawrence Karr and Thomas Cherichello. (World Wide Racing Photos)
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Lou Babic Memorial Pace
Western Ace, a son of Western Ideal, set a 1:53:2 track record for two-year-old pacing geldings at Freehold Raceway with a 3-length victory in the $160,000 Lou Babic Memorial for New Jersey-sired pacers on September 24. Ron Pierce drove for trainer George Teague, who owns Western Ace with the Kovach Stables.
(World Wide Racing Photos)
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