Trainer Noel Daley doubled up on Saturday night as his sophomore pacers Smooth Dream and Worklifebalance captured a pair of $225,000 finals of the New Jersey Sire Stakes, and the brothers McCarthy each picked up a a division title on a stakes-filled Meadowlands program. Smooth Dream and driver Todd McCarthy took the overland route, were able to overtake a stubborn Manolete in mid-stretch and held their advantage to the wire in capturing the final for sophomore colt and gelding pacers. A gelded son of Cattlewash, Smooth Dream was a winner for the fifth straight time in 2025 without defeat as the 1-5 favorite. Tom Horn and Manolete left sharply at the outset, as McCarthy also fired out with Smooth Dream, and Twin Fury, driven by Dexter Dunn, was to his outside. Tom Horn crossed over quickly to command, and Smooth Dream was able to easily slide into a three-hole on the opening bend, giving Scott Zeron and Manolete the ability to re-take prior to the 27 4/5 opening fraction. The pace slowed through the second quarter, with Manolete holding the front and Zeron measuring off a 56 2/5 opening half and playing catch-me-if-you-can with the rest of the field. When Twin Fury moved with Dunn past the half, he flushed Smooth Dream into an offensive position, with Making History riding third-over but not accelerating quickly on the turn as the pace increased. Manolete was still in full control through three-quarters in 1:24, but Smooth Dream was more than poised, and he quickly put the pressure on the pace-setter, then took a short lead in mid-stretch. The top two sprinted away from the others in the field, and Manolete was determined but was unable to rally enough to regain control. Smooth Dream, a half-brother to North America Cup winner Desperate Man, showed his clsss in finishing off the mile with a final quarter of 26 3/5 into the wind. Manolete held on to second, with Making History the fastest closing of the rest in third. Tom Horn and Twin Fury rounded out the top five in the lucrative contest. Owned by Bay Pond Racing, CTC Stables and KDP Stables, Smooth Dream returned $2.60. "He's got a lot of speed, and I trust it," said McCarthy summing up his reasoning for racing from off-the-pace. "He seems to be maturing." Daley was more than happy with McCarthy's race strategy. "I didn't want him in front," Daley said. "Manolete was tougher than I thought he would be to pass." As a New Jersey-sired horse, Smooth Dream has limited stakes races he's currently eligible to, with Daley and the ownership exploring potential supplements. ► Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter In the final for sophomore fillies, Andrew McCarthy pulled off a minor upset, going down the road with Worklifebalance and bravely holding off third choice Beach Babe and favored Reckless Abandon in a 1:51 4/5 mile. Just eight made it to the final, and McCarthy used his pole advantage perfectly, seating both Beach Babe and Reckless Abandon, the only two leavers into the opening bend. That allowed Worklifebalance to march along to a 27 3/5 opening quarter and a pedestrian 57 second first-half. When Todd McCarthy, with the favorite Reckless Abandon, pulled past the half, she immediately flushed out Yannick Gingras from the pocket with Beach Babe as the pace quickened. Worklikebalance was ready for the challenge as she accelerated to three-quarters in 1:24 2/5 and prepped for the final quarter sprint. Both McCarthy and Gingras asked their fillies for top speed and raced head-to-head for much of the homestretch. Reckless Abandon tipped wide in mid-stretch but couldn’t gain on the top pair who battled it out to the wire, with Worklifebalance holding a nose advantage at the finish after a 27 2/5 final quarter. "I knew whoever got to the front it was going to be a slow pace," said McCarthy of his decision to take matters into his own hands. "Noel told me before the race that he trained her on the front-end this week and she was good." On Saturday Worklifebalance was even better, winning for the second time in five tries this year for owners CTC Stable and KDP Stables, who also enjoyed a stakes double on the evening. Manklin Creek LLC. also shares ownership in the Cattlewash-sired filly. As a 9-5 offering Worklifebalance returned $5.80 to win.