The Hall of Fame duo of driver David Miller and trainer Joe Holloway, along with owner Val D'Or Farms, joined forces to sweep the $150,000 New Jersey Classic finals for 2-year-old pacers with Newsroom and Blue Pacific on a big Friday night program at the Meadowlands. Newsroom became harness racing's fastest rookie colt pacer so far this year by virtue of a 1:49 4/5 win in that $150,000 final. Newsroom was two-wide after floating out from post five, but pressed on and took the top spot away from Wish You Well (Brian Sears) nearing the 54 second half-mile marker. It was all Newsroom from there as he was unchallenged through three-quarters in 1:22 1/5 and then pulled away through the stretch to win by 5 3/4 lengths over Wish You Well. Caviart Justice (Dexter Dunn) got third. "He impressed me tonight. He got stretched pretty good there, and he still felt good around the last turn. I asked him  through the stretch and he went on," said David Miller after the race. "I never pulled his plugs, but I was on him. I was telling Joe (trainer Joe Holloway) pulling up, I think if a horse was at him he would've a little more, but time is irrelevant, we got [$75,000]." A son of Always B Miki bred by Mark Mullen and Stephen Dey, Newsroom, who sold for $30,000 at last year's Standardbred Horse Sale, has won all five of his starts and has earned $119,525. He paid $2.20 to win. Blue Pacific, making just her second pari-mutuel start, raced in sixth and fifth through fast fractions of 27 2/5, 55 and 1:22 2/5 set by Rocket Deo (Scott Zeron), Tarrific and Pulp Fiction (Todd McCarthy) in the final for the 2-year-old filly pacers. Miller swung Blue Pacific to the outside late on the final bend, and she was able to chase down Tarrific in deep stretch to tally by a neck in 1:50 3/5. Miraculous Deo (Brian Sears) was third. "I started her out and Andy McCarthy came, too, but his filly ended up making a break. I ended up getting back in the hole sitting fifth. They were going along pretty hard, and I thought that was the best move," Miller remarked. "In the last turn she felt pretty strong, but I thought I was too far out and they're going pretty fast. At the head of the lane I moved her over and she was going forward. Halfway through the stretch I felt confident she was going to get there." Blue Pacific is a Sweet Lou filly bred by Fair Winds Farm. Taken out of the 2022 Standardbred Horse Sale for $53,000, she has put $76,800 in the bank and returned $8.60 to win. Soiree Hanover (Tim Tetrick) was stacked up on fourth-over cover at three-quarters but powered home in 26 1/5 while widest in the lane and got up to win the $275,000 final for 2-year-old filly trotters by a neck in 1:53 1/5. Chaparmbro (Sears) took the lead past the 27 1/5 quarter, then backed down the half to 56 and 1:25 but couldn't hold off the charging victor, and New Jersey Sire Stakes champion Buy A Round (A. McCarthy) closed well to get third. "The first quarter helped us a little bit, but then the half was maybe a second slow. I know she can finish really good, and she really did," stated winning trainer Lucas Wallin. "I think we have one of the better fillies out there. We'll see where we're heading. We have the Jim Doherty at Hoosier Park next week and we have Lexington. Of course the Breeders Crown is the big one." By Walner and bred by Hanover Shoe Farms, Soiree Hanover sold to owner Snogarps Gard Inc. for $110,000 at the 2022 Standardbred Horse Sale. She has three wins and two thirds from five appearances, has pocketed $199,300 and kicked back $14.80 to win as a 6-1 offering. Tactical Mounds (Zeron) started from post ten in the $275,000 3-year-old filly trot final but worked her way up on the outside to take over the top spot past the 28 2/5 opening quarter. From there, she clicked off the half in 56 seconds and the three-quarters in 1:24 1/5, getting some separation on the others heading to the latter marker. She needed the headstart, as Quick Stop (Tetrick), who tipped out of third late on the final bend and then went back to the inside in the lane, rallied at her to the wire but fell a head short in a 1:52 1/5 mile. Blonde Bombshell (D. Miller) got up for the third spot. "As you could see, it was a looooong stretch," Zeron offered after the race. "She felt like a million dollars at the three-quarter pole, but she got tired. Thank God we hit the wire." Megan Scran trains Tactical Mounds, a daughter of Tactical Landing bred by Spring Haven Farm, for owner Thestable Tactical Mounds. She has a record of 7-3-6 from 22 outings, has put away $224,416 and paid $11.00 to win as a 9-2 offering. ► Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter New Jersey Sire Stakes champion Sig Sauer (A. McCarthy) improved to four-for-four lifetime with a 1:53 3/5 victory in the $275,000 final for 2-year-old male trotters. After getting away fourth to the 28 2/5 quarter, McCarthy put him in motion two-wide and moved to the lead around Mosquito (Sears) racing to the 57 second half-mile station. Sig Sauer kept command around the final bend and to three-quarters in 1:26 and sprinted a 27 3/5 final kicker to defeat Mosquito by a length, with Mr Grant (Tetrick) back in third. "He's a strong horse. He took a little while just to get his gait going, but since then I think he's a pretty good horse," remarked trainer Noel Daley, who said his plan is to give Sig Sauer two starts at The Red Mile and two more in the Breeders Crown to complete his season. "That sort of helped when you looked at those fractions, so I was pretty happy with where he was there. I think he'd better even to track them down when he gets out to Lexington, but those fractions, you couldn't complain about that. Patricia Stable, Joe Sbrocco And Jaf Racing, Allister Stables LLC. and Caviart Farms own Sig Sauer, a Muscle Hill colt bred by Southwind Farms and acquired for $200,000 at last year's Lexington Selected Yearling Sale. He has stashed away $285,000 and returned $3.80 to win as the favorite. Daley also provided an update on Dan Patch Award-winning 2-year-old Volume Eight, who was unfortunately injured prior to the Stanley Dancer Memorial earlier this summer. "It looks like we've got him a job at Hanover as long as his fertility test comes out all right. That's a great spot for him," he said. "It gives him an opportunity because he was a super-quick horse." Air Power (Mattias Melander) became a dual New Jersey Sire Stakes/New Jersey Classic champion as well by taking the $275,000 final for sophomore male trotters from first-up in 1:51. Fresh off a similar-looking win in his elimination a week ago, he went to the outside out of fourth past the 55 4/5 half and wrestled the lead away from Marcus Melander stablemate Oh Well (Tetrick) heading to the 1:23 3/5 three-quarters. Air Power couldn't clear Oh Well all the way, and Oh Well did battle back on the inside through the lane, but Air Power remained in front and won by a length and a quarter. Oh Well held on to finish second over Little Expensive (Andy Miller). "He makes me confident. He raced super last week, and that's what I was hoping for this week as well," Mattias Melander stated post-race. "I know my horse goes all the way into the finish line, and he's just shown every time that I've raced him that he's got that serious speed." The victorious Muscle Hill colt is owned by Amg Stable Inc., Rick Wahlstedt, Kenneth Kjellgren and Heights Stable and was bred by Order By Stable. He made his fifth appearance in the winner's circle in his 11th try, shows earnings of $325,622 and returned $4.20 to win. Taking $100,000 consolations for 2-year-old trotters were colt Thinker Monkey (by Chapter Seven and bred by co-owner Order By Stable) in 1:55 for driver Tim Tetrick, trainer Marcus Melander and co-owners Howard Taylor, Judith Taylor and Daniel Plouffe and filly Blazing Deo (by Six Pack and bred by owner Deo Volente Farms) in 1:54 4/5 for Tetrick and trainer Nifty Norman. There was also a $50,000 consolation for 2-year-old pacing fillies that went to Monsoon (by Captaintreacherous and bred by owner W.J. Donovan) in 1:52 4/5 for driver Yannick Gingras and trainer Ron Burke.