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POST POSITIONS FOR
$392,850 CANE PACE FINAL DRAWN AT FREEHOLD
FREEHOLD, NJ - - Post positions for the $392,850 Cane Pace Final - the first jewel of the Pacing Triple Crown - were drawn at Freehold Raceway on Thursday morning. The Cane final will be contested as part of a big, 13 race holiday card at Freehold on September 1, Labor Day. Drawing post seven, and favored at 9-5 is Meadowlands Pace winner Art
Official. Art Official set a record
for the fastest mile in Freehold Raceway history last Saturday in the Cane Pace
elimination. Art Official will be
guided by Ron Pierce going for his fourth Cane Pace win.
The last horse to win the Cane Pace and the Meadowlands Pace was Second choice at 5-2 is the entry of Badlands Nitro (Brian Sears) from post one, and Rudy Rednose (David Miller) from post four. Brian Sears is going for his second consecutive Cane, winning last year with Always A Virgin. In post seven, Tim Tetrick drives Lis Deo from post six. Lis Deo (9-2) was second in one of Saturday’s elimination. John Campbell will be looking for his sixth Cane Pace win with U Smooth Talker U, coming from post five at 15-1. Rounding out the field are Major General, post eight, McCedes, from post two and Moon Beam from post three. The field for the Cane Pace final, with head numbers, post position, drivers
and morning line odds are: 1. Badlands Nitro (pp1, Brian Sears, 5-2), 1A. Rudy
Rednose (pp4, David Miller, 5-2) 2. McCedes (pp2, Daniel Dube, 6-1) 3. Moon Beam
(pp3, Yannick Gingras, 3-1) 4. U Smooth Talker U (pp5, John Campbell, 15-1) 5.
Lis Deo (pp6, Tim Tetrick, |