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Trainer Nik Drennan knew he had a pair of aces heading into Saturday’s (April 16) $22,500 Hello Spring Series Final for pacers at The Meadowlands, and his prolific pair paid off, as his Alta Engen A and Alluneedisfaith N finished one-two under the wire over a track rated ‘good’ on a rainy Northern New Jersey evening.
True Blue Lindy is one of the sophomore pacing colts that loom as a serious contender for the 2022 Pepsi North America Cup, and three-year-old made his first appearance of the season in qualifying action on Saturday (April 16).
With a win last week, Keep Rockin A put herself in position to advance to the April 25 final of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series for older female pacers at Yonkers Raceway. But the six-year-old mare needs to keep rockin’ on Friday (April 15).
Wagering was vigorous at The Meadowlands Saturday night (March 26) with all-source action clearing the $3-million hurdle for the fourth time in 2022 as $3,173,852 was put in play on the 13-race card.
Alexa Skye, who last year won four preliminary rounds of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series and finished fourth in the final, has been sidelined by an injury.