Karl and French Champagne emerged victorious in their respective $240,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes finals for 3-year-olds on the trot Friday night at The Meadowlands.
Karl was his usual dominant self, crushing his foes by seven widening lengths in a 1:51 lifetime-best clocking in the split for colts and geldings to complete a three-race sweep of the NJSS. He took the lead from Tony Adams S, who trotted the opening panel in :28.1, in methodical fashion just after the three-eighths.
Karl sailed past the half in :56.1, but as he neared the three-quarter-mile marker, Pantoran was using a big move to go after the leader, and was right at Karl’s throat as they hit the beam in 1:24. Read More
