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Jujubee and Whiskey Blu, old rivals from a spring late-closer event, showed how well they’ve developed Friday at The Meadows, as each captured a division of the Super Bowl, a $147,706 Pennsylvania Sires Stake that wraps up the four preliminary legs in the series for three-year-old colt and gelding trotters. With two wins and as many seconds, Jujubee cemented a berth in the $250,000 championship while Whiskey Blu’s two victories likely will earn him a slot. All four finals for sophomores are...

Jujubee made a shambles of the field Wednesday (May 5) at The Meadows, drawing off to win the feature, a $10,100 Conditioned Trot, by four lengths for his seventh victory in 11 starts. Jujubee entered the race off a win in the championship of a late-closing series and was hammered down to 3-5 as a result. The three-year-old son of Creatine-La Cantera lived to the billing, moving to the point before the half for Tony Hall and scoring in a career-best 1:54.2 over a “good” surface. Early-leade...

Filly Speaks alert move out of the pocket down the backside after a slow first half carried her to victory — and a series sweep — in Wednesday’s (April 21) $22,250 final of the Ruby Cook Memorial Pace for three-year-old fillies at The Meadows. After Oceans Apart waltzed through the front half in :58.1 over a “good” surface, Tony Hall decided to vacate the two-hole earlier than usual. “I was kind of concerned about the slow numbers,” Hall said. “I wanted to trip her out today bec...