Meadowlands Race 12

Race 12

Prize Money: $24,407

BENNY J (6) resumes after finishing eighth at his latest appearance at Yonkers Raceway on February 27. Taking on a better field but he is up to the task. MR PENNER (3) won at Pocono Downs two runs ago before finishing fourth at his latest appearance over 1609m at Pocono Downs, beaten 16 metres. Will enjoy a nice run from this favourable starting position. This is a nice drop in grade so he is a major player. SUGAR PACKET (4) is better than her last-start eighth over 1609m at this track. GREEN MAZTAKE (2) is the best of the rest after finishing runner-up over 1609m at Pocono Downs last time out.

Distance: 1609m
Track: Good
Weather: -
Surface: All Weather
Class: 5u w1-nw5

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Steelworkers Story (Fr1) 6198978739
Trainer: Ron Burke ()
Driver: Daniel Dube
Prize Money: $17,961
Win / Place: 6.25% / 12%

3 yo Bay Colt

Sire: WALNER (CAN)

Dam: HIPPIE BOURBON FR

Rating

Stats

Career

16: 1-0-1

Distance

16: 1-0-1

Trk/Dst

16: 1-0-1

Track

16: 1-0-1

Season

10: 1-0-1

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 1-0-0

3rd Up

2: 0-0-0

Metro

16: 1-0-1

Non-Metro

0: 0-0-0

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

16: 1-0-1

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:55.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Trotting Hobbles

Comments

Last start 9th (Fr9) over 1609m at this track, beaten 24 m by Ygritte (1:53.30) in 3&4YONW3CD on June 19 at $44.80. Two runs back 3rd (Fr5) over 1609m at this track beaten 13 m by She's Moni (1:52.30) in 3&4YONW3CD on June 12 at $80.20. Hard to have.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
9th of 9	19/6/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr9	Joe Bongiorno	1:53.30	1:53.30	24.0m	$45	7	3&4YONW3CD	$45,328	-	1. Ygritte 2. Lucchese 3. Dollar Draft
3rd of 8	12/6/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Joe Bongiorno	1:52.30	1:52.30	13.5m	$80	7	3&4YONW3CD	$31,381	$3,766	1. She's Moni 2. Southwind Gallatin 3. Steelworkers Story
7th of 8	5/6/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Joe Bongiorno	1:52.20	1:52.20	218.3m	$113	13	NJSS-SILVR	$13,947	-	1. David Seaman 2. Never Say Die 3. Ice Fall
8th of 8	23/5/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Tim Tetrick	1:55.20	1:55.20	210.0m	$59	8	NJSS-SILVR	$13,966	-	1. King Of The Wind 2. Maga Hill 3. Never Say Die
7th of 7	15/5/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Yannick Gingras	1:51.30	1:51.30	90.0m	$27	7	3YOC NW2	$27,933	-	1. Mega Shark 2. Gustav 3. Seven Grand
9th of 10	8/5/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr10	Mark Herschberger	1:55.00	1:55.00	19.5m	$62	7	3YOC NW2	$27,933	-	1. Create Escape 2. Sevenato 3. Read The Room

Green Maztake (Fr2) 16662
Trainer: Trond Smedshammer ()
Driver: Trond Smedshammer
Prize Money: $14,306
Win / Place: 20% / 40%

3 yo Bay Filly

Sire: GREENSHOE (USA)

Dam: ISIS MAZA FR

Rating

Stats

Career

5: 1-1-0

Distance

5: 1-1-0

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Track

1: 0-0-0

Season

5: 1-1-0

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

3rd Up

1: 0-0-0

Metro

1: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

4: 1-1-0

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

5: 1-1-0

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:58.20

Driver Stats

Comments

Two back was well beaten into sixth behind Avenzee at this track over 1609m in a 3YOF NW2 on June 6 at $11.70. Then a handy effort when beaten by 1.5 m finishing second behind I Take The Cake at Pocono Downs over 1609m in a TSS 3YOF on June 14 at $15.70. Heading the right way and is a leading contender.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
2nd of 7	14/6/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Trond Smedshammer	1:52.20	1:52.20	1.5m	$16	8	TSS 3YOF	$27,894	$6,974	1. I Take The Cake 2. Green Maztake 3. Be Mine Hanover
6th of 8	6/6/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Trond Smedshammer	1:53.20	1:53.20	29.3m	$12	8	3YOF NW2	$27,894	-	1. Avenzee 2. Frattina Diablo 3. I Take The Cake
6th of 6	29/5/26	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Trond Smedshammer	1:55.10	1:55.10	90.8m	$7.50	15	NW1PM	$14,644	-	1. Southwind Gallatin 2. Lou's Champ 3. Trumptactical
6th of 7	14/5/26	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Trond Smedshammer	1:55.10	1:55.10	160.5m	$2.90	13	NW1PM	$14,665	-	1. La Mancha 2. Bar Hall Beauty 3. Coya
1st of 8	1/5/26	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Trond Smedshammer	1:58.20	1:58.20	3.8m	$5.10	-	NW1PM	$14,665	$7,332	1. Green Maztake 2. I'llstandmyground 3. Dirty Banana
4th of 5	21/4/26	Philadelphia	1609m			-	Trond Smedshammer	1:57.30	1:57.30	24m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Gabes Luck 2. La Mancha 3. Duicinea Hanover

Mr Penner (Fr3) 1283768x14
Trainer: Ake Svanstedt ()
Driver: Ake Svanstedt
Prize Money: $145,931
Win / Place: 25% / 58%

3 yo Brown Gelding

Sire: CAPTAIN COREY (USA)

Dam: WET MY WHISTLE

Rating

Stats

Career

12: 3-3-1

Distance

12: 3-3-1

Trk/Dst

4: 1-1-0

Track

4: 1-1-0

Season

2: 1-0-0

1st Up

2: 1-1-0

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

3rd Up

1: 1-0-0

Metro

4: 1-1-0

Non-Metro

8: 2-2-1

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

12: 3-3-1

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 4th (Fr6) over 1609m at Pocono Downs, beaten 16 m by Highland Destiny (1:54.10) in PASS 3YOCG on June 6 at $2.70. Two runs back won by a 0.9 m (Fr3) at Pocono Downs (1:52.00) beating Minoan in ALL-STARS on May 18 at $2.60. Capable of testing this line-up.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
4th of 7	6/6/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Ake Svanstedt	1:54.10	1:54.10	16.5m	$2.70	19	PASS 3YOCG	$69,877	$5,590	1. Highland Destiny 2. Minoan 3. Captain Vodka
1st of 7	18/5/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Ake Svanstedt	1:52.00	1:52.00	0.9m	$2.60	198	ALL-STARS	$41,899	$20,950	1. Mr Penner 2. Minoan 3. Captain Vodka
198 Day Spell
3rd of 7	1/5/26	Meadowlands	1609m			-	Ake Svanstedt	1:56.20	1:56.20	3m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Isabella Bi 2. Emmas Mystery Ccl 3. Mr Penner
8th of 10	1/11/25	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Ake Svanstedt	1:53.30	1:53.30	15.8m	$6.30	8	KNDRGARTEN	$190,840	-	1. Twin B Seven Sins 2. Ai 3. Magic Punk
6th of 6	24/10/25	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Johnathan Ahle	1:54.00	1:54.00	234.0m	$2.00f	21	KNDRGARTEN	$38,052	-	1. Ultimate Betrayal 2. Practical Man 3. Ai
7th of 8	3/10/25	The Red Mile	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Ake Svanstedt	1:53.10	1:53.10	51.0m	$1.72f	8	INSS	$111,621	-	1. American Power 2. Never Say Die 3. Minoan

Sugar Packet (Fr4) 120x834328
Trainer: Blake Macintosh ()
Driver: Joe Bongiorno
Prize Money: $382,663
Win / Place: 20% / 66%

3 yo Bay Filly

Sire: SIX PACK (USA)

Dam: SUGARCANE YANKEE

Rating

Stats

Career

15: 3-5-2

Distance

15: 3-5-2

Trk/Dst

11: 1-5-2

Track

11: 1-5-2

Season

6: 0-1-2

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 1-0-1

3rd Up

2: 0-1-0

Metro

11: 1-5-2

Non-Metro

4: 2-0-0

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

15: 3-5-2

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:53.30

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start 8th (Fr10) over 1609m at this track, beaten 15 m by Madam Cheval (1:51.30) in NJSS-PLTNM-R1 on June 12 at $73.90. At the run before game effort when 2nd (Fr3) over 1609m at this track beaten 5 m by Jailbird Jog (1:51.40) in NJSS-PLTNM on June 5 at $11.70. Sure to be thereabouts.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
8th of 10	12/6/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr10	Joe Bongiorno	1:51.30	1:51.30	15.8m	$74	7	NJSS-PLTNM-R1	$313,808	-	1. Madam Cheval 2. Leading Lady 3. Custom
2nd of 8	5/6/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Joe Bongiorno	1:51.40	1:51.40	5.3m	$12	13	NJSS-PLTNM	$34,868	$8,717	1. Jailbird Jog 2. Sugar Packet 3. Emmas Mystery Ccl
3rd of 7	23/5/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Joe Bongiorno	1:54.10	1:54.10	6.0m	$23	7	NJSS-PLTNM	$34,916	$4,190	1. Custom 2. Leading Lady 3. Sugar Packet
4th of 8	16/5/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Joe Bongiorno	1:53.00	1:53.00	6.8m	$8.10	8	GRDN STATE	$67,039	$5,363	1. Madam Cheval 2. Emmas Mystery Ccl 3. R Candy
3rd of 8	8/5/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Colin Kelly	1:53.20	1:53.20	10.5m	$7.20	10	NW5000L5CD	$14,665	$1,760	1. Camera Man 2. Southwind Mac 3. Sugar Packet
8th of 8	28/4/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Braxten Boyd	1:54.10	1:54.10	90.0m	$24	235	NW4PM	$22,562	-	1. Fineline Hanover 2. Caballero 3. Rose Of Sharon
235 Day Spell

Travolta Hanover (Fr5) 2521526272
Trainer: Annie Stoebe ()
Driver: Brett Beckwith
Prize Money: $147,425
Win / Place: 11% / 42%

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: MUSCLE HILL (USA)

Dam: TWICE A NIGHT

100

Rating

Stats

Career

26: 3-6-2

Distance

26: 3-6-2

Trk/Dst

18: 2-3-2

Track

18: 2-3-2

Season

10: 1-5-0

1st Up

2: 1-1-0

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

3rd Up

2: 1-1-0

Metro

18: 2-3-2

Non-Metro

8: 1-3-0

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

26: 3-6-2

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:53.40

Driver Stats

Comments

Finding it hard to put a couple of good runs together. Last start was 2nd (Fr4) over 1609m at Philadelphia, beaten 4.5 m by Geronimo Trio (1:56.00) in NW5PM on June 18 at $4.90. Before that beaten 90 metres, seventh at Pocono Downs over 1609m W2-5PM on June 9. Will struggle.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
2nd of 7	18/6/26	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Tim Tetrick	1:56.00	1:56.00	4.5m	$4.90	9	NW5PM	$18,828	$4,707	1. Geronimo Trio 2. Travolta Hanover 3. Julies Trix
7th of 7	9/6/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Mark Herschberger	1:55.00	1:55.00	90.0m	$4.90	12	W2-5PM	$21,618	-	1. Saints Preserve Us 2. Dame On 3. Dusty Dungarees
2nd of 8	28/5/26	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Mark Herschberger	1:56.10	1:56.10	6.0m	$6.50	14	NW5PM	$18,828	$4,707	1. Jim Beam 2. Travolta Hanover 3. Tuis Star
6th of 7	14/5/26	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Mark Herschberger	1:56.30	1:56.30	20.3m	$2.50	13	NW5PM	$18,855	-	1. Elan Hanover 2. Mamy Wata 3. Abraham Hanover
2nd of 8	1/5/26	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Mark Herschberger	1:54.10	1:54.10	4.5m	$5.20	7	NW5PM	$18,855	$4,714	1. Moni Buys Happynes 2. Travolta Hanover 3. Never Say Die
5th of 9	24/4/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Mark Herschberger	1:53.30	1:53.30	18.0m	$5.00	7	NW5000L5CD	$15,284	$764	1. Geronimo Trio 2. Call Option 3. Calderone

Benny J (Fr6) 544211498x
Trainer: Tony Alagna ()
Driver: Todd McCarthy
Prize Money: $333,069
Win / Place: 13% / 29%

5 yo Bay Horse

Sire: WALNER (CAN)

Dam: ANYWHERE WITH YOU

Rating

Stats

Career

37: 5-3-3

Distance

37: 5-3-3

Trk/Dst

15: 4-3-1

Track

15: 4-3-1

Season

3: 0-0-0

1st Up

3: 0-1-0

2nd Up

3: 1-0-0

3rd Up

3: 0-0-2

Metro

15: 4-3-1

Non-Metro

22: 1-0-2

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

37: 5-3-3

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:51.20

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

First up. At the last run he 8th (Fr7) over 1609m at Yonkers Raceway beaten 80 m by Torrone (1:56.40) in NW10201L5 on February 27 at $4.15. A strong chance while fresh.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
2nd of 7	19/6/26	Meadowlands	1609m			-	Jason Bartlett	1:52.40	1:52.40	6m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Up Your Deo 2. Benny J 3. Yo Tillie
8th of 8	27/2/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Jason Bartlett	1:56.40	1:56.40	82.5m	$4.15	21	NW10201L5	$23,876	-	1. Torrone 2. Go Have Fun 3. Once In A Lifetime
9th of 10	6/2/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr10	Patrick Ryder	1:53.30	1:53.30	24.0m	$30	26	NW12500L5	$24,964	-	1. Clear For Landing 2. Finite 3. High Speed Swan
4th of 10	11/1/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Jim Marohn (Jnr)	1:54.20	1:54.20	13.5m	$2.00f	11	6U W4-NW8	$29,895	$2,392	1. Bronzer 2. Clear For Landing 3. Diplomacy
1st of 8	31/12/25	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Johnathan Ahle	1:55.10	1:55.10	6.0m	$1.10f	13	NW5PM	$20,674	$10,337	1. Benny J 2. Messenger Hanover 3. Trump The Warrior
1st of 10	18/12/25	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Jason Bartlett	1:52.40	1:52.40	3.0m	$2.10f	7	4U W2-NW5	$53,599	$26,799	1. Benny J 2. Clear For Landing 3. Messenger Hanover

Race Review Abbreviations

Brk: Broke, Blkd: Blocked or held up, 1 x 1: One-out, one-back, Prkd: Parked, 3bk otr: 3 back on the outer, 3bk inr: Same as above, but on the inside, trld: Trailed, Gt spd: Showed gate speed, 3wd: 3-wide postd: Caught wide without cover, Held up: Held up, no gaps or few gaps: If they don't see any clear air in the straight, Inr-mid-wd -position: On the inside, mid = 1-off, wd = 3-wide or wider, flew hm wd: Flew home wide, dashd inr: Sprinted well on the inside, Chkd: Checked, Slow: Slow away at the start, Wltd: Wilted or got tired, Fdd: Faded late, Urgd: If the driver is getting stuck in

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