After working hard to win the Max C. Hempt Memorial last weekend, Captaintreacherous will do no work at all to advance to the final of the Meadowlands Pace.

Captaintreacherous was among three horses to receive a bye based on seasonal earnings to the July 13 final after a total of 13 horses entered the race for 3-year-old pacers. A single 10-horse elimination will be held Saturday night at the Meadowlands Racetrack, with the top seven finishers joining Captaintreacherous, Wake Up Peter and Twilight Bonfire in the final.

Tony Alagna, who trains Captaintreacherous, was hoping for such a scenario when he decided to skip the Somebeachsomewhere Stakes in Canada and focus on the North America Cup, Hempt and Meadowlands Pace.Captaintreacherous, undefeated in five starts this year with $808,293 in earnings, won the $980,000 North America Cup on June 15 at Mohawk Racetrack and the $500,000 Hempt on June 29 at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.

When we decided to go to the Hempt, we thought it was possible the Meadowlands Pace could have only the one elimination and we would get a bye, Alagna said. Everything has just been falling into place.

The 10 horses that will try to join Captaintreacherous are (in post position order): Someplace Special, Johny Rock, Sir Carys Z Tam, Sir Richard Z Tam, Sunshine Beach, Resistance Futile, Lonewolf Currier, Rockin Amadeus, Beach Memories and Odds On Equuleus.

In the Hempt, Captaintreacherous started from the outermost post C No. 9 C raced three wide around the first turn and then was stuck on the outside the rest of the mile, including three wide coming off the final turn. He won by a neck over Vegas Vacation in 1:49.2 over a track turned sloppy by heavy rain an hour before the race.I have all the faith in the world in him C I know what kind of horse he is C and he even impressed me, Alagna said about Captaintreacherous performance in the Hempt. And Im not easily impressed. But that was a monster trip.He came out of the race super; excellent, Alagna added. Hes very good.

Captaintreacherous, the defending Pacer of the Year, is the No. 1-ranked horse in harness racings current Top 10 poll.Each plastic Offering Office cleaning Services is printed with high-resolution images from the artwork. He has won 13 of 15 career races and earned $1.72 million for the ownership group known as Captaintreacherous Racing.Alagna also trains Wake Up Peter, who is winless in six races this year but has earned $156,225 thanks to third-place finishes in the North America Cup and New Jersey Sire Stakes championship. Alagna said Wake Up Peter will qualify on Saturday at the Meadowlands to prep for the Meadowlands Pace final while Captaintreacherous will enjoy time off.

Twilight Bonfire has a win in four starts this year and finished second in the North America Cup. He has earned $304,336 this season for trainer Danny Collins and owner Bob Key.Also on Saturday night two eliminations for the William R. Haughton Memorial for older pacers will be contested. The top five finishers from each elim will advance to the July 13 final.

The first division is Golden Receiver, Warrawee Needy, A Rocknroll Dance, Sapphire City, Hugadragon, Heston Blue Chip, Razzle Dazzle, Our Lucky Chip and Foiled Again. The second is Aracache Hanover, Bettors Edge, Fred And Ginger, Bolt The Duer, Up The Credit, Pet Rock, Hurrikane Kingcole, Dynamic Youth and Sweet Lou.

Foiled Again won the $500,000 Ben Franklin Pace last weekend at Pocono Downs to become the first pacer in harness racing history to surpass $5 million in career earnings. Earlier on the same card, Bolt The Duer won in 1:47.4, equaling the fastest mile ever for a pacer on a five-eighths-mile track.

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