by James Witherite, Vernon
Downs racing media
Vernon, N.Y. -- Twenty-nine
talented 2-year-old trotting fillies take to Vernon Downs on Friday (August 14)
evening for a quartet of New York Sire Stakes events, with a total of $109,500
at stake.
The $27,250 sixth race
features a pair of multiple winners in Lima Playtime (Mark MacDonald, post 2)
and Lindylicious (Chris Lems, post 4), and both daughters of Credit Winner will
square off with five other rivals. Lima Playtime, the Rick Zeron-trained
2-1 morning line favourite, drew clear to prevail in Sire Stakes preliminaries
at both Yonkers and Batavia, most recently drawing clear to a 1:59.4 win at
Yonkers in dominant fashion. George Ducharme trainee Lindylicious took
both her career wins on the Excelsior circuit, since rising to Sire Stakes
competition with a pair of runner-up efforts.
Three-time winner Posterity
(Charlie Norris, post 7) headlines the $27,250 seventh race, drawing off to
defeat her foes at Yonkers and Batavia much in the same manner as Lima
Playtime. The daughter of Lucky Chucky is the 9-2 morning line third
choice in the third division, having to contend with Ron Burke trainee Dizzy
Broad (Jim Morrill, Jr., post 5). The Broad Bahn filly won her first two
career races in Sire Stakes events, and she seeks to acquit herself of a late
break at Yonkers last week.
In the $27,750 ninth race, the
Åke Svanstedt-trained and driven Non Stick (post 3) seeks to defend her undefeated
record, earning pacesetting victories in her debut at Pocono and in a Sire
Stakes race at Yonkers last week. The Lucky Chucky filly faces seven
rivals, including fellow two-time winner Go Mary Go (Ray Schnittker, post 6),
and 5-2 morning line favourite Dazzling Dollars (Trond Smedshammer, post
5). Dazzling Dollars, by Cash Hall, controlled the terms in her Sire
Stakes event at Yonkers last week, edging clear for a 2:00.1 maiden-breaking
triumph.
The 13-race Friday card begins
at 6:45 p.m. Eastern time, and also marks the beginning of the annual
Corntastic festivities, which continue through the weekend.
