Meadowlands: 2YO's back for week two of Breakfast with the Babies

The second week of the 2024 edition of Breakfast with the Babies, sponsored by Jules Siegel's Fashion Farms, caught another perfect Saturday morning at the Meadowlands. The sky was clear, temperatures were in the 70's and the track was fast when the baby races began at 9:00 a.m.

Deja Blu, the Muscle Hill first foal of the great race mare Atlanta, made her debut in race 10 and rallied late to be third for owner / breeder Crawford Farms and partner Tom Pontone, trainer Nancy Takter and Yannick Gingras, trotting home in 28 seconds while gaining ground on the winner, Swoop (Tetrick), who ended the 1:59 mile in 28 1/5. On The Radio (Miller) was second.

Swoop is by Walner, owned by trainer Lucas Wallin along with partners Sbrocco, JAF Racing, Harbor Racing and Van Camp Trotting. She was an $80,000 (LEX) yearling, bought from breeders Steve Stewart and Michael Andrew.

The potent team of Takter and Gingras took the opener with the Downbytheseaside filly Sea Her Rule, a homebred owned by the 3rd Floor Stables, LLC. Held back early, Sea Her Rule caught a second-over trip in the short field, fanned out and went by on her own over Caviart Rose (Todd McCarthy) for a 1:57 3/5 win.

Bella Vita (Tim Tetrick) rolled up uncovered and wore down a stubborn Odds On Dr J (Scott Zeron) through a 28 second end to a 1:56 3/5 mile in her qualifier. The Huntsville filly is another homebred and is owned by V. Louis Chianca, Karen Williams and Beverly Schiffman and is trained by Bruce Saunders.

Tetrick came right back with the $250,000 (LEX) Captaintreacherous colt Fallout to win in 1:55 4/5, sprinting home in 27 2/5 and demonstrating nifty balance when he took a cautionary few steps out mid-stretch but never lost his momentum while sailing by. Floor It Freddie (Stacy Chiodo) rallied up late for the place. The winner is a Brittany Farms bred, owned by Rob Leblanc, Pryde Stables and Caviart Farms. Tony Alagna trains.

It was natural hat trick time for Tim as he sent Manolete right to the front, rolled through easy numbers then out-sprinted his rivals with a 27 flat end to the 1:56 1/5 mile, also the second on the day for trainer Bruce Saunders. Papis Pistol (Dave Miller) rallied impressively late for second. The winner is a product of the first crop of Cattlewash, who has impressed thus far with several sharp-looking individuals preparing for the upcoming New Jersey Sires Stakes. Manolete was a $52,000 Harrisburg (HBG) purchase for M&L of Delaware and M&M Harness Racing and bred by The OK Corral.

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Smoken Bob (Zeron) was a 1:57 1/5 winner after a close up trip, wearing down Knockout Round (Anibal Borjas) in the shadow of the wire. Linda Toscano trains for Kenny Jacobs, who paid $80,000 (HBG) for the Hanover-bred Bettor's Wish colt.

The Tony Alagna stable sent out another winner on the day when Andy McCarthy sent Caviart Delight though an opening inside stablemate Be My Princess A (T. McCarthy) through a 27 3/5 end to the 1:57 1/5 mile. The Caviart Farms-bred Always B Miki filly went through Harrisburg for $45,000 and they took on trainer Alagna as a partner.

Alagna and McCarthy came right back with the Walner filly Tagalong, who led all the way under a firm grip and had plenty late, ending the 1:59 1/5 win with a 29 second final stanza. Get It All (Dexter Dunn) followed the winner throughout and held sway for second, though no match. The Brittany Farms-bred brought a winning bid of $65,000 (LEX) from Rob Leblanc, Grant & Pryde Stables, Coyote Wynd Farms and Odds On Racing.

Spicy Nice, a Tactical Landing filly from the top race mare Maven, roared down the stretch for Gingras through a 28 3/5 final quarter to get the 1:58 2/5 win. Nancy Takter trains for Morrison Racing and John Fielding. Mr. Fielding also gets a breeder's credit along with Irv Liverman and Joyce McClelland, who put her through the Lexington sale for a price of $135,000.

Wallies Dolly (A. McCarthy) was he and Tony Alagna's third of the day, another expensive ($210,000) Walner filly who put up all the numbers, then sprinted home in 28 4/5 to hold the closing Margareta Hanover (Dunn) at bay. Kenny Jacobs owns the winner, who was bred by Carter Duer.

Green Manalishi had his first U.S. winner as Galen Erso (Mattias Melander) inherited the lead when stablemate Sky Legacy broke and trotted through the wire for a 1:58 3/5 / 28 4/5 last quarter win over a closing Don't Ask For More (Ake Svanstedt). Galen Erso is a true homebred for Marcus Melander, who raced the sire and raised this successful son.

The Melander barn came right back with the Muscle Hill colt Go Boom (Dunn) who sat up close throughout, avoided a few breakers, then closed stoutly into the 28 1/5 end to the 1:58 3/5 mile over Camera Man (Ake Svanstedt). Windsong Stable bred the winner, a $220,000 Harrisburg purchase by AMG Stable, Mantorp, Heights Stable and Fredrik Nielsen.

Mr Walner Fashion (T. McCarthy) turned in the fastest trot of the day when he closed wide to track down Civilian Drone (Gingras) in 1:56 4/5. Jim Campbell trains this homebred son of Walner, the sire's fourth winner on the card, for his longtime client and gracious sponsor of BWTB, Jules Siegel's Fashion Farms.

Older horses to win qualifiers included 3-year-old Six Pack filly Sunkist Beauty (Svanstedt), the runner-up in last year's New Jersey Sire Stakes final, in 1:54 2/5, 3-year-old Heston Blue Chip colt Rush In (Scott Zeron), who is three-for-three in the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes program so far in 2024, in 1:51 2/5 and last year's Graduate Series champion Stonebridge Helios (Dunn). That 5-year-old Sunshine Beach stallion tallied in 1:52 2/5.

--edited press release (Meadowlands)--