Two Harold Dancer Trot elims held

Yankee Gospel and Wind Surfer, both sons of Muscles Yankee, won their respective $7,500 elimination division on Wednesday and earned spots in the $90,000 Harold Dancer Trot for 2-year-old colts and geldings on Sept.19 at Freehold Raceway.

The top four from each six-horse elimination, carded as the third and fourth races, earned spots in the final.

In the first division, Yankee Gospel [$3.40, $3.20, $2.20] scored his first career victory in his fifth start with a three-quarer length tally over Ringside Muscle [$5.60, $2.80] in 2:03.1.

Orient Address [$2,20], who had a two race winning streak snapped, was third by a length.

Yankee Gospel, driven by Jack Baggitt Jr. and trained by Brett Bittle, races for David Scharf of New York City, Daniel Bittle of Frederick, Maryland and Perretti Farms of Cream Ridge, New Jersey.

Wind Surfer [$8.20, $4.20, $2.20], driven by David Miller and trained by Greg Peck, caught Lunar Dream OM [$6.00, $2.20] for a neck victory in 2:02.2 in the second elim. It was a length and a half to Appalach Dream [$2.10], who had won his prior three starts, in third.

Wind Surfer improved his record to three wins in four starts. He races in the name of Perretti Racing Stable LLC of Cream Ridge, New Jersey and TLP Stable of Kearny, New Jersey.

Advancing to the final are five sons of Muscles Yankee [Yankee Gospel, Ringside Muscle, Captain Sparrow, Wind Surfer and Lunar Dream OM], two sons of Yankee Glide [Appalach Dream and Livin' Out Loud] and one son of Dream Vacation [Orient Address]. (NJSS)

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