The Muscles Yankee colt French Laundry won race two for Yannick Gingras in 2:00.4. He rode along behind stablemate The Bank through easy fractions then brushed past that one with a final quarter of :28.3. Jimmy Takter conditions the son of Hambo Oaks winner Creamy Mimi for owners Christina Takter, John & Jim Fielding and breeders Marvin Katz and Al Libfeld. He was purchased at the Lexington Select Yearling Sale for $115,000.
Walter White won the third schooler for Takter in 2:01.3, closing in :29.3 from the pocket after following Apostles Creed around the oval. This one’s a Cantab Hall from Muscaloosa -- a full-sister to millionaire trotting filly Costa Rica -- purchased by Christina Takter, RAW Equine and John & Jim Fielding for $57,000 at Harrisburg.
The Well Said filly Aria Hanover won the first pacing race in 2:01.1 home in :28 flat for Yannick Gingras. She is trained by Jimmy Takter for George Segal’s Brittany Farms. A daughter of Allamerican Cognac -- she a sister to Breeders Crown winner All Speed Hanover -- Aria Hanover was an $80,000 Harrisburg yearling.
Two more Takter pacers finished one two in the next race with the Somebeachsomewhere colt Blood Brother edging Azorean Art in 2:00.4 for Gingras. He is a Diamond Creek homebred from the mare Blood Diamond, hailing from the immediate family of standouts If I Can Dream and Western Terror, owned in partnership with J&T Silva Stables.
The very first of the Rock N Roll Heaven two-year-olds on display was a winner this morning for Takter (who won five of the six contested) as Zip Code Envy led all the way in 1:59.4 with Jimmy driving. This filly, who just turned two full years old on Friday, is from Neverhaveneverwill making her a half-sister to millionaire pacer-turned-stallion Always A Virgin and brought a modest bid of $27,000 from Christina Takter, John & Jim Fielding and Brixton Medical AB at Lexington.
(with files from The Meadowlands)