While much of the attention for the Saturday qualifying session at The Meadowlands went to the debuting two-year-olds, the first qualifier of the day featured sophomore pacers — including Perfect Sting, returning to the track after his first career loss and a sick scratch from his latest scheduled start. With regular pilot Dave Miller at the controls, Perfect Sting opened up the day’s activities with a sharp 1:48.4 conditioning mile in the session opener. Miller put him on the front through fractions of :27.2, :55:3 and 1:22.4 before a :26 sprint home under minimal urging. Joe Holloway trains the 2020 Dan Patch award winning sophomore for Brittany Farms and Val D’Or Farms. Hot Mess Express was a comfortable second under no encouragement by Andy McCarthy and Summa Cum Laude (Dexter Dunn) third.