By Shawn
Wiles
The
inaugural event for 2016 New York Sire Stakes took place at Monticello Raceway
on Monday May 23. 6 NYSS events were contested, 2 races for each category, the
Excelsior A’s, and Excelsior B’s and the upper echelon Sire Stake fields. The
front end ruled, as 8 of the cards 11 races where won wire to wire.
Starting off
the action in the 2nd race was the first heat of the B division, it
was almost too much action, as Sultry Susan made a nasty break in the first
turn and went to her knees, scattering the entire field behind her.
Dw’sblissfulthinn capitalized on the miscue and made the most of it, scoring a
wire to wire win for trainer Debra Miller, and driver Jim Marohn Jr. in 2:00:1
for owner Donald La Page,
The 2nd
heat of the B class was the following race, I Got The Life, (Roll With Joe)
benefited from a conservative drive by Mark Macdonald. She settled in 5th,
and used the passing lane to score in a photo for a lifetime best 1:59:1. Jim
Graham co owns the filly with Ronald Viola.
Race 4, was
the first division of the open class of fillies, Jim Morrill Jr.
aboard Soft Ideal showed the field through fractions of 28:0, 56:4, 1:26:0 was
stalked the entire mile by the Burke entry of Mother of Art and Art Critic, the
filly labored in deep stretch but hung on for the win 1:55:2. She returned a
$3.60
Already with
11 starts under his belt and tight, he seasoned Erv Miller trainee Rolling
Going Gone (Roll With Joe) won on the front end in 1:57:2 for driver Marcus
Miller and owner Ross Bonafield.
Milky Way
Rae (American Ideal) was under wraps and raging with pace for driver Jim
Morrill Jr, scoring well in hand in 1:55:2, pacing the fastest LQ of the day of
28:2 in the afternoons final Excelsior event, the win gave Morrill a driving
double on the card.
The final NY
Bred race of the came in race 8, Andy Miller brought his American Ideal filly,
American Ivy to the fray, the tender footed filly started from Post 5, took the
lead before the ¼ from Vino and Formaggio and showed the way, ranging into
contention at the ¾ came Time on My Hand, but American Ivy rebuffed the
challenge, prevailing in the afternoons fastest race 1:54:3, for owner Joe P
Racing LLC of Delray Beach, Fl.
American Ideal had 3 daughters enter the winners circle, followed closely by his Blue Chip Farm stable mate, Roll with Joe who had 2 winners on the
