YO TILLIE, WHAT A BID HANOVER DAZZLE IN DEL MILLER MEMORIAL
Top betting choices Yo Tillie and What A Bid Hanover took top billing in their respective $141,600 Del Miller Memorial divisions, for 3-year-old trotting fillies, at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 12) ...
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- July 12, 2025 -- Top betting choices Yo Tillie and What A Bid Hanover took top billing in their respective $141,600 Del Miller Memorial divisions, for 3-year-old trotting fillies, at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 12).
Yo Tillie landed on top of a half-mile shuffle and muscled to another dominant victory in trotting a 1:51 mile to win her $141,600 division of the Del Miller Memorial.
Driver Todd McCarthy accelerated off the wings with Yo Tillie but floated five wide into the first turn. Champagne Problems pushed hardest for the early lead, but relinquished control past a :27 first quarter to Best Friends Girl and Deja Blu then loomed forward on the rim with Yo Tillie on her back. Deja Blu took over the lead before Yo Tillie finally thrusted to the top past a :55.1 half.
Though Yo Tillie travelled wide for the entirety of the first half, she began peeling away from the competition on the march to three-quarters in 1:23.3 and spun for home on an open-length lead. Lady Landia encroached with a late burst of speed from the back of the pack to grab second, beaten 3-1/2 lengths, while Walspea also emerged from the backfield with an outside grind for third. R Charm closed for fourth.
“I figured there would be a bit of action in that first quarter,” winning driver Todd McCarthy said. “There was a little more than I was hoping, but I think everyone had the same gameplan; they wanted to follow her. It just kind of worked out that we ended up finding the front past the half there.”
A daughter of Tactical Landing out of the Triumphant Caviar mare Consolidator, Yo Tillie stayed unbeaten from three tries this season while collecting her 11th victory from 15 starts, good for $408,539 in earnings. Andrew Harris trains and shares ownership of Yo Tillie with Bill Pollock and Bruce Areman, all of whom acquired this filly from Verlin Yoder after her 2-year-old season. Ineligible to the Hambletonian Oaks, Harris said Yo Tillie’s next targets are the Kentucky Champion Series at The Red Mile followed by the Delmonica Hanover at Pocono Downs and other stakes to which she could supplement late in the year.
Sent the 1-9 favorite, Yo Tillie paid $2.20 to win.
What A Bid Hanover persisted in a first-over grind to deliver as the 4-5 favorite in the other Del Miller Memorial division, timed in 1:51.4.
R Dutchess brushed to the fore after a :27.4 first quarter to grab the lead from longshot Aperfect Annie moving for the backstretch. Ake Svanstedt meanwhile landed in fourth with What A Bid Hanover and waited until after a :56.2 half to commit to an uncovered move outside.
Flushed first up by Conversano, What A Bid Hanover advanced through the final turn and reached for R Dutchess passing three-quarters in 1:24.2. What A Bid Hanover surged down the stretch to overpower R Dutchess and win by a length in a lifetime-best mile while Conversano gave pursuit behind in third. Torrisi took fourth, elevated via placing, another four lengths behind.
“[We won with] a little luck of course, but I have a really good horse also,” trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt said after the race. “She made it easy and fought to win. I think she’s an all-around horse; she’ll do her best always.”
A daughter of Muscle Hill out of the Donato Hanover mare What A Knockout, What A Bid Hanover won her fifth race from 11 starts and added to her bankroll now worth $438,373 for owners Ake Svanstedt Inc. and SRF Stable. She paid $3.40 to win.
To watch the replays, click here: Division 1, Division 2.
