STANDARDBRED BREEDERS & OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY

Representing the drivers, trainers, caretakers, breeders and owners of New Jersey

64 Business Route 33

Manalapan, NJ 07726

Phone: 732-462-2357

Fax: 732-409-0741

STANDARDBRED BREEDERS & OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY

Representing the drivers, trainers, caretakers, breeders and owners of New Jersey

64 Business Route 33, Manalapan, NJ 07726 

Phone: 732-462-2357 | Fax: 732-409-0741

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AETOS KRONOS S EXCELS AT BIG M IN U.S. DEBUT

Dave Little, Meadowlands Media Relations • April 12, 2025

His winning qualifier on March 29 was impressive. His lifetime bankroll of $1.3 million was impressive ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- April 11, 2025 -- His winning qualifier on March 29 was impressive. His lifetime bankroll of $1.3 million was impressive. The fact that he raced with some of the best trotters in the world in the Prix d’Amerique last year was impressive.


On Friday night at The Meadowlands, in the $17,500 featured high-end conditioned trot, Aetos Kronos S did something else impressive. He took down 4-5 favorite Chapercraz in a sparkling debut on American soil in 1:53.2.


“He’s a really classy trotter,” said winning driver Dexter Dunn of the Swedish import racing out of the Marcus Melander barn. “The class has been there throughout his career.”


The trip wasn’t ideal, as driver Andy Miller fired away from the gate with 40-1 outsider Yanks Dugout from post seven in the seven-horse field, and that one had the point at the quarter in :27.2 with Chapercraz in the pocket and Aetos Kronos S the three-hole.


Joe Bongiono moved Chapercraz to the top at the three-eighths before hitting the half in :56.1, but as the field made its way onto the far turn, Dunn moved Aetos Kronos S off the rail to go after the leader and still had some work to do as Chapercraz passed three-quarters in 1:25.


Chapercraz, a lifetime earner of $1 million who earned more than half of that during 2024 alone, straightened up at the head of the stretch with a 1½-length edge, but despite a solid effort, he couldn’t hold off Aetos Kronos S, who needed every bit of the final three-sixteenths to grind down the leader and record a three-quarter-length win over Chapercraz. Seven Sins was third.


“He got off the gate pretty good,” said Dunn of the 9-year-old son of Bold Eagle-Will Of A Woman. “He got a good spot and dug really deep. [At the head of the stretch] I thought Chapercraz was going to get the better of me. It’s a good way for my horse to start here in the States.”


As the even-money second choice, Aetos Kronos S paid $4 to win. He now has 20 wins from 63 lifetime starts for owners Jeff and Michael Snyder.


Will Aetos Kronos S be able to go with the very best horses in the older trotting division this season?


“As long as he keeps getting better, I’d think so, I would say,” said Dunn.


PICK-6 REPORT: A carryover of just over $5,000 served as the catalyst for players to pour $25,372 of “new money” into the 20-cent Pick-6 pool. After a sequence that saw winner’s odds of 1-1, 6-5, 1-1, 5-1, 60-1 and 3-1, those with winning tickets exchanged them for $5,314.66.


A LITTLE MORE: Leading driver Brett Beckwith padded his lead in the Big M standings with three winners on the program. The 22-year-old pilot now has 54 victories on the year, nine more than runner-up Jason Bartlett. … All-source betting on the 14-race program totaled $2,456,339. … Racing resumes Saturday at 6:20 p.m.

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