by Michael Chamberlain, Vernon Downs Publicity
A Penny Earned (Conway Hall-Penny Dream) and Chris Lems seem
to be a very strong pairing at Vernon Downs. They scored their third win in the
last four times that Lems has driven the gelding on Friday night. A Penny
Earned stormed to the lead as the field came off of the first turn and held on
the rest of the way to score a victory in 1:54.4.
Jaipur (Fern Paquet Jr.) took the lead through the first
quarter mile of 27.4 seconds and ended up sitting the pocket trip after A Penny
Earned moved to the front. A Penny Earned led through the half in 57.2 seconds
and three-quarters in 1:26. Jaipur did get flushed out as the field entered the
stretch, but was never able to move past A Penny Earned. War Hero (Howard Okusko
Jr.) made a first-over bid on the final turn, but his rally stalled in the
stretch and he had to settle for third.
The complete order of finish was: A Penny Earned,
Jaipur, War Hero, Pop I, My Revenuer, Pollux Blue Chip, Evil Urges, and Mr. Web
Page.
Live racing resumes on Saturday night with an 11-race
program. First post time is 6:45pm.
