BG's Folly, Put On A Show reign in Jersey

"He looked magnificent tonight," Berkner said.  "Yes, I was surprised that with All Speed Hanover on his back, he still dug in to win."

Put On A Show ($2.80) delivered a stakes record performance in the companion $175,000 Thomas D'Altrui Miss New Jersey for fillies. Driven by Tim Tetrick, Put On A Show tracked down the leader Naughtytiltheend in the stretch and drew off to 2 3/4-length victory in 1:50.  She supplanted Galleria's 1998 Miss New Jersey clocking by one-fifth of a second.

"I thought we had a great shot in the race," Tetrick said. "Her last start was not the way I usually like to race her (difficult to steer, she held on by a nose to win). Chris did a great job putting some different rigging on her and she drove like a Cadillac tonight. She let me do what I wanted and not what she wanted to do tonight. She's very classy. As long as you save her in the first half (of the mile), she'll give you a really good back half like she did today."

Though she won the $200,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Championship in her start prior, trainer Chris Ryder adjusted Put On A Show's driving bit before the Miss New Jersey final.

"I was going to say it was a minor equipment change, but it was more than significant as it turns out," Ryder noted.  "I just changed the driving bit (to a mini bit) to get her under control a little bit and it worked out. I could see what was going on watching (her last race) and she's never been like that before. I was fairly confident it wasn't a tough thing to rectify."

Put On A Show extended her streak to three wins this season and improved her career bankroll to $938,208. The consistent lass has been first or second in all 12 of her career efforts. A daughter of Rocknroll Hanover out of the champion mare Stienam's Place, Put On A Show was a $75,000 yearling purchase by Craig Henderson of Chicago, Ill. and Richard and Joanne Young of Coconut Creek, Fla. Her half sister Showherthemoney won the 2009 Miss New Jersey.

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