Annieswesterncard ($21.40) capitalized on miscues by the favorites and a perfect second-over trip to win the $230,000 Berry’s Creek Saturday night at the Meadowlands.
Driver Ron Pierce and Annieswesterncard followed Western Posse as he came first up to challenge the leader Vertigo Hanover down the backstretch. Pierce tipped Annieswesterncard three wide on the final turn and he hustled home in:26.3 to hold off the pocket sitter Drop Red three-quarters of a length in 1:51.1. Arctic Warrior rallied between horses to finish third. Both Berry’s Creek elimination winners, River Shark and Hypnotic Blue Chip, broke stride early in the mile and never entered contention. “(The breaking horses) didn’t affect me at all,” said Pierce, who scored his third Berry’s Creek win in four years. “We had to take things as they came and we followed Western Posse. He took us right into the stretch. I tipped my horse three deep coming out of the turn. I was very concerned about (Drop Red) because I knew he’s got a lot of speed. I thought maybe if he slipped through, he’d be able to beat us, but we were lucky.” Sawgrass Farms’ Annieswesterncard posted his biggest career win in just his second start as a 3-year-old for trainer Joe Seekman. The homebred son of Western Hanover-Annie Your A Card won six of 13 races and $217,260 at two. Annieswesterncard is eligible to the $1 million Meadowlands Pace on July 18 and looks to become the fifth Berry’s Creek winner to move on to Meadowlands Pace glory. Seekman and Sawgrass Farms won the 2008 Meadowlands Pace with Art Official, who scored the upset heard ‘round the racing world as he defeated Somebeachsomewhere in a 1:47 world record mile. Prior to that, Art Official was the beaten favorite in the Berry’s Creek. (Meadowlands)
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