Trainer bids for record fourth Meadowlands Pace

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Brett Pelling has three chances to win a record fourth Meadowlands Pace on Saturday night.

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Pelling, who has started a record 16 horses in the Pace, will send out three more for this running of the $1 million race for 3-year-olds. He shares the stakes record for trainers with Bill Robinson.

Pelling's trio are solid contenders, starting with Rocknroll Hanover, the 5-2 morning line favorite from post five. Brian Sears will drive.

Rocknroll Hanover has already won the $1.2 million North America Cup at Woodbine outside Toronto on June 18. He has won five of six starts this year, with the lone loss coming last week in the Meadowlands Pace eliminations where he finished second in the colt's first race since the North America Cup.

``The three weeks off might have taken away a little bit of his sharpness,'' Pelling said. ``If the season wasn't so lopsided with all these big races at the beginning of the year, I might have qualified him so he'd be a little tighter. Out of my three, he's in the best position at this point in the year.''

Pelling also sends out Village Jolt, 8-1 from the rail with Ron Pierce in the sulky, and Cam's Fool, 6-1 from post six.

John Campbell, the all-time Pace leader with seven wins, will drive Cam's Fool.

All three Pelling horses are owned in part by Jeffrey Snyder, a New York-based manufacturer and importer, but will race uncoupled in the wagering. The New Jersey Racing Commission permits splitting of entries in races worth at least $500,000.

The owners of the two Pace elimination winners, Stonebridge Regal and Leading X Ample, earned the right to make the first two post position selections. Stonebridge Regal got post three; Leading X Ample has the two.

The other eight posts were selected by a random draw.

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