Favorites Get Jazzed and Vertigo Hanover breezed to victories in the $60,000 Niatross for 2-year-old pacers on Thursday night at the Meadowlands, with Get Jazzed scoring in 1:53.3 and Vertigo Hanover hitting the wire in 1:54.2.
John Campbell steered Get Jazzed to victory in the second race, giving the youngster his first win in two career starts. Art’s Super Star finished 1 ½-lengths behind in second, while Hypnotic Blue Chip rebounded from an early miscue to finish third. Get Jazzed returned $3.40.
Chris Ryder trains Get Jazzed, a son of Three Wizzards and the top pacing filly Armbro Feather, for owner-breeder Winbak Farm of Chesapeake City, MD.
Vertigo Hanover, with Jody Jamieson at the lines, surged past the leader Alcatraz to win the fifth race division. Mobile rallied from the back of the pack to finish second, flashing a final panel of :26.4. Come Together held on for third.
Uncirculated Stable’s Vertigo Hanover was a $65,000 yearling purchase at the Lexington Selected Sale. Duane Marfisi trains the son of The Panderosa-Varbo. (Meadowlands)