Meant To Be Me favored in NJSS 3CP final

Meant To Be Me, who won all three of his prelims, has been installed as the 3-1 morning line favorite in the $85,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes final for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Saturday at Freehold Raceway.

The son of McArdle will leave from post three with Yannick Gingras scheduled to driver for trainer Linda Toscano. The stakes is carded as race seven.

Meant To Be Me campaigns in the name of Louis Maricante of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Amante Standardbreds of Delray Beach, Fla. He has four wins, three seconds and three thirds from 19 starts this year for earnings of $168,621 toward a career total of $365,788. He took his mark of 1:51.1 this year, winning the $100,000 consolation for the Battle of the Brandywine at Harrah’s Chester.

This is the final event of the 2008 New Jersey Sire Stakes program which distributes about $7.5 million in purses annually. 

The divisional stakes record for 3-year-old colts is 1:53.1 by Livestrong (Artiscape), which was set in 2006. The gelding mark of 1:52.2 was posted by Tiber Hanover (Cam’s Card Shark) in 2007.

Post     Horse   Sire      Driver   Trainer ML

1 Dreams Are Real       Artsplace          David Miller     Erv Miller         7-2

2 Shoot First    Artsplace          Jeff Gregory     Don Niccum     6-1

3 Meant To Be Me       McArdle          Yannick Gingras           Linda Toscano  3-1

4 Tommys Shark          Cam’s Card Shark       George Brennan Robert Siegelman 10-1

5 Proper Respect         McArdle          David Miller     Carlo Poliseno  9-2

6 McCedes      McArdle          Daniel Dube     Chris Ryder      8-1

7 Genuwine      Cam’s Card Shark       Andy Miller      Erv Miller         5-1

8 Mr. Nice Guy            Western Ideal   Anthony Morgan          Nat Varty         12-1

(NJSS)

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