After Gone Baby Gone and Zeke Parker settled on the lead on
the first turn Stratton moved his charge to the front and they raced
one-two to the wire. Gone Baby Gone held second place while Game Jocko
and Jimmy Taggart, Jr. finished third.
With his victory Eagle Now upped his lifetime earnings to
over $425,500.Owned by Lowell Schoonmaker of Middletown, NY and trained
by Dennis Laterza the pacer returned a $3.40 win mutual.
Fans of grey horses always love when “Pretty Boy” Four
Star Tommy is on the race track the 9-year-old grey—now almost white—pacer
notched his sixth seasonal victory when Mike Merton reined the 9 year old
Jate Lobell gelding to a 1:59.2 triumph. With his driving victory Mike
Merton is now just 22 wins from 2000 career victories.
“When we got collared on the final turn I though Zeke ( with
Star Power) was going by us but ole Tommy dug in and he paced away and
went on to win it,” Merton related. “He’s a gritty old guy and ain’t he
pretty?
Owned by Ruth Ingram of Bloomsburg, Pa and Clint Crelin of
Port Jervis, NY “Pretty Boy” paid $15.80 for win.
