Vernon, NY - The glamor boys hit
town this Thursday when the three year old colt pacers roll into Vernon
Downs for a New York Sires Stake event worth a total of $132,975.
Twenty seven colts &
geldings were entered resulting in three even divisions of nine, each for a
purse of $44,325. The under card offers five $12,800
Excelsior divisions for the same group.
While the first two
divisions, carded as the fourth and sixth races, featured some nice, solid
pacers, the ninth race drew the most heat. That division boasts two
division winners from the Yonkers leg in Sir Cary's Z Tam and Bet The Moon
along with Rooney Memorial winner Doctor Butch and Fool Me Once, who won
his North American Cup elimination in 1:48.1 a few weeks back then came
fourth in the $1,000,000 final.
This one sets up in a
fashion that may well threaten Coral Snake's 1:50.1 Vernon Downs
track record for sophomore pacers, perhaps even He's Gorgeous' all
age standard of 1:48.3. Both were established over the razor sharp
seven-eighths mile strip just last year.
