Lindy’s Two Step had all the right moves to win the $45,000 Harold Dancer Filly Final on Thursday at Freehold Raceway. In the non-wagering $55,000 Harold Dancer for colts, Upfront Pattys Boy posted his third victory of the year.
The Harold Dancer Filly and the Harold Dancer Colt are restricted to two-year-old New Jersey-sired trotters and both stakes are sponsored by the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey.
Lindy’s Two Step, sent off as the 1-2 favorite, was uncontested through a mile in 2:02.1, winning by a length and a quarter with John Campbell at the lines. The daughter of Muscles Yankee, trained by Linda Toscano, picked up her fourth win with a second and a third to her credit in 11 starts and a bankroll of $149,627 for owners Martin Sternberg of Brookville, NY and Alvin Katz of Port Washington, NY.
Lindy’s Two Step has two wins in New Jersey Sire Stakes action and annexed a Goldsmith Maid elimination heat before finishing fifth in the final. She was also second to Costa Rica in the $200,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Final at the Meadowlands in July.
Finishing second was Boinga while Yansky was 2 3/4 lengths back in third.
In the colts division, raced prior to the betting card, Upfront Pattys Boy, a son of Windsong’s Legacy, was a head winner over Mamas Boo Bear in a 2:04 mile. The other three entrants broke stride and were distanced.
Jason Bartlett was in the sulky for the colt’s third win. Upfront Pattys Boy has finished in-the-money in six of seven starts, earning $56,944 for C. Ed Mullinax of Amherst, OH. The Mark Ford trainee won a division of the Reynolds Stakes at Pocono Downs on July 7 and took his 1:59.2 mark in an early closer at Vernon Downs on August 21. (SBOA/NJ)
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