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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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TWIN B JOE FRESH FLAUNTS IN ROSES ARE RED REPEAT

mcarter • June 15, 2025

The Roll With Joe mare Twin B Joe Fresh cruised to command with a mid-race move and easily maintained her throne atop the aged pacing mare division to score her second straight victory in the C$287,000 Roses Are Red, a Grade 1 stake, on Saturday night (June 14) at Woodbine Mohawk Park ...

MILTON, ON -- June 14, 2025 -- The Roll With Joe mare Twin B Joe Fresh cruised to command with a mid-race move and easily maintained her throne atop the aged pacing mare division to score her second straight victory in the C$287,000 Roses Are Red, a Grade 1 stake, on Saturday night (June 14) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.


Driver Dexter Dunn eased Twin B Joe Fresh from the gate while Sylvia Hanover hustled for the lead to a :26.2 first quarter. Sylvia Hanover (Bob McClure) pocketed pylon-starter My Girl EJ (Todd McCarthy) to take control moving for the backstretch but soon faced pressure with Aardie B Miki N (Jsason Bartlett) angling first up out of third to brush for the front. Dunn followed that brush and soon assumed the lead with Twin B Joe Fresh past a :55.1 half before coasting around the final turn.


My Girl EJ moved to push first over in a sprint to three-quarters, timed in 1:22.1, while Twin B Joe Fresh spun for home and motored away from her peers by the eighth pole. Twin B Joe Fresh crossed the beam geared down in a 1:48.4 mile to win by 3-1/2 lengths. Sylvia Hanover found a seam at the inside to finish second with Aardie B Miki N holding third and Soft Shot (David Miller) rallying from near last for fourth.


“She felt fantastic,” Dexter Dunn said after the race. “It was a good mile by her – she didn’t feel like she was going that fast; she was doing it so easy. She’s just special. She had the plugs in still and was floating along there. Aardie B Miki was breathing down my neck pretty good turning for home and I thought we might have a battle, but this girl can quicken as good as any of them and when she let down she put separation on them. My daughter Mila’s at home on the couch sick, so I hope this makes her feel better.


Now 5-years-old and on the heels of a campaign which earned her divisional honours on both sides of the border and Horse of the Year honours in the U.S., Twin B Joe Fresh stayed undefeated from two starts this season – her last win coming in the $100,000 Betsy Ross Invitational three weeks ago, and with a single 1:50.2 qualifier at The Meadowlands coming into the Roses Are Red final on Saturday night.


“She is what she is… she’s not hard to get ready,” trainer Chris Ryder said after the race. “She’s such a beautiful mare – you push a button, she’s away. We’re very blessed.”


“She’s gotten bigger every year and better every year,” Dunn said. “She’s done it again this year. So [it’s] a special ride.”

Ryder and Dunn share ownership of Twin B Joe Fresh with Peter Trevotica and Barry Spak. The mare has now won 32 races from 42 starts and earned $2,898,709 in her career.


With her dominance against her cohort, Ryder humoured pinning Twin B Joe Fresh against the boys but said after her win in the Roses Are Red that he wasn’t “adamant” about pursuing the challenge.


“Everybody keeps asking me, so obviously we have it in the back of our minds,” Ryder said. “It’s a possibility, but it has to suit her. We’ll just see if it works out, but I’m not adamant about doing it at all, no.”


Off the 1-9 favorite, Twin B Joe Fresh paid $2.30 to win.


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