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May 20, 2007

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Two sons of Artsplace and one by Cam�s Card Shark turned in winning performances in opening round action of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Saturday night at the Meadowlands.

Art At Heart and Artist�s View, both by Artsplace and both trained by George �Buzzy� Sholty, won the first two divisions, carded as the first and fourth races. Fresh Deck, the Cam�s Card Shark colt trained by Joe Holloway, annexed the third division, the sixth race.

Art At Heart, driven by Andy Miller, scored a 1 1/2-length victory over Always A Virgin (Western Ideal) n a $25,400 division. It was another 2 3/4 engths to Friday Nite Lights (Cam�s Card Shark) in third. The mile was paced in a lifetime best 1:51.2 on a "sloppy" track. Art At Heart who was a $62,000 Harrisburg Yearling Sale purchase, now has a bankroll of $68,242 with three wins and one second in 16 career starts. He races in the name of DM Stables LLC of Naples, Fla., Winbak Farm of Chesapeake City, Md. and the Sholty Stable of Lexington, Ky.

Artist�s View, with Daniel Dube in the sulky, got up in the final stride to catch Artriverderci (Western Ideal) for a nose victory in 1:52.4, a lifetime best, in the $26,000 second division. Watta Hotshot (Artiscape) was third by a length and three-quarters. Artist�s View posted his fifth win in eight career starts for earnings of $89,445. A $30,000 Lexington Select Sale purchase, he is owned by DM Stables LLC and William Rufenacht of Archbold, Ohio.

In the $25,400 final division, 4-5 favorite Fresh Deck, handled by George Brennan, won the stretch battle with Ghee�s House (Western Ideal) for a 1 1/4-length tally in 1:51.3. TJ�s Ideal (Western Ideal) was third by 2 1/4 lengths. Fresh Deck, a $125,000 Lexington Select Sale yearling, improved his record to six wins, one second and three thirds from 12 starts and earnings of $74,728 lifetime for Val D�Or Farms of Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., Schoor Racing Stable LLC of Manalapan, N.J. and Theodore Gewertz of New York, N.Y. He now has six wins in 2007, finishing in-the-money in all 10 outings.

In the last division, Artzina, the 2006 Dan Patch Award winning 2-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year, finished fifth in his season�s debut.

New Jersey Sire Stakes action for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings continues with two more preliminary legs on June 9 and June 16, leading to a $175,000 final on June 23, all at the Meadowlands. (NJSS)

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