races at 9:30. A light rain fell throughout with
temps in the low 60’s and no wind to speak of. Track was off a second or so at
the start, got a bit worse in the middle then began to dry as the rain subsided
for the last four or five races.
The
headliner matched a pair of million dollar winning sophomore trotters from
2015, Crazy Wow and Pinkman, with Crazy Wow getting the decision in 1:55/:28.2.
Honor And Serve (now in the Ake Svanstadt barn) cut the mile and led into the
stretch when Crazy Wow trotted up to his outside while Pinkman ducked to the
inside as the three finished in a line across the track. Tim Tetrick drove the
winner for the Ron Burke stable and owners Horse Cents, J&T Silva and Deo
Volente Farms.
Sunset
Glider opened the day a winner in a repeat of last week’s card. This time she
took a pocket behind Silvia, overtook that one quickly at the three-quarters
then won off by herself in 1:56.2/:28. Silvia was an urged second. Dave Miller
drove her again for Jimmy Takter and owners Brittany Farms, Marvin Katz and Al
Libfeld.
Race
two contained several of last season’s top trotting fillies. Celebrity Eventsy
made a good appearance in her first outing, leaving sharply from post nine to
the front then yielding to Kathy Parker through middle splits then went by that
rival in the stretch under no urging from John Campbell in 1:57.1/:28.3. Kathy
Parker and a closing Caprice Hill hit the wire together behind the winner and
Haughty was a willing fourth. The unbeaten NYSS champ Non Stick also went along
nicely in this one. Staffan Lind trains the winner for Celebrity Farms.
Trond
Smedshammer put the lightly races Tyson on the front early and won easily over
Desert Runner in 1:57.2/:28.4. Trond trains and shares ownership with Purple
Haze Stable, Anderson Farms and Marc Goldberg.
Jimmy
William is the latest from the great broodmare Solveig and although he didn’t
do much at two he is showing signs of talent this year. In his second
appearance this season he left for position, sat third then went by willingly
in 1:58.1/:29.1 for Brett Miller. Southern Cross was a well meant second and
Nebraska Jack third. Solveig’s Racing Partners owns and Takter trains the
winner.
PA
Sires Stakes Final winner Lagerfeld won the fifth race for Takter and Yannick
Gingras. He sat in as first Gleaming Memory and Hollywood Highway took turns on
the lead through slow numbers then went by on his own when shown a clear lane
in the stretch closing the 1:57.3 mile with a 28.3 quarter. Hollywood Highway
held second and Metatron third. He’s another Takter trainee owned by Christina
Takter, Jim & John Fielding and Herb Liverman.
Older
trotters took the track after a break and Donotomite got up in the last step on
Canepa Hanover in 1:54.4 for Smedshammer. The two took turns on the lead with
Canepa Hanover taking over past the half and leading through a 27.3 third
quarter then Donotomite wearing him down in the 29 flat close. The winner is a
Michael Andrew homebred trained by Trond.
Pacing
fillies came up in the eighth today and Cut And Paste got up from far back in
1:53.2/28.2 for Jimmy Marohn, Jr. Heels On The Beach set the early numbers then
two or three waves of fillies overtook the early leaders as they neared the
wire. Penpal was second and Shezarealdeal an up the inside third. Linda Toscano
trains the winner and owns part as Cameo Stable with Stake Your Claim and Fred
Wallace.
Pure
Country was powerful this morning, drawing away from some good fillies in
1:53.1/:27 for Brett Miller. Slowly taking the lead from post seven through a
28.3 opener, Miller yielded to No Clouds Blue Chip past that station, sat for a
half then tipped Pure Country passing the three quarter mark and she took off. Yankee Moonshine and Pure Ivy followed
the winner in. Diamnod Creek Farms owns the winner and she is trained in the
Jimmy Takter stable.
Pretty
Boy Hill prevailed after a stretch-long battle with Selvin in 1:56.1/:27.4.
Tetrick drove for trainer Tony Alagna and owner Tom Hill.
Older
pacers wrapped the morning session and Artistic Major a winner from well back
in 1:53.4/:27.3 with Brett Miller aboard for Steve Elliott.
Post
time for the live card tonight is 7:15 p.m.
