“I’d
like to buy a barn full just like him,” winning driver Alan Schwartz said
referring to Ladys Big Stormont after they combined for their second
consecutive victory in the third leg of the current NAADA Trotting Series which
went to post tonight (April 6) at Yonkers Raceway.
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Their
eye-opening seven-length 1:59.4 triumph over the half mile oval soaked with
falling rain marked the second consecutive week that Schwartz and his trusty
steed were victorious together having won their division last week at
Monticello Raceway.
“He’s
been a good horse for me ever since I claimed him last summer for $12,500,”
Schwartz added as he wiped the mud from his face. “Since then he’s won well
over $35,000.for me."
Although
Ladys Big Stormont had won six times previously for Schwartz it wasn’t until
last week, when he put him on the front end for the first time, that the
outstanding amateur driver realized that’s exactly where the veteran trotter
likes to be.
“I've
always raced him from behind but I sort of got stuck on the lead last
week at Monticello but while racing there I realized he loved it and not only
was he comfortable but he was strong at the finish,” Schwartz related. “So
tonight, after starting from the pole (position), I eased him to the lead and
he did the rest cruising to an easy 1:59.4 victory over the muddy racetrack.
Shelikescandy
rallied to be second for Bob Davis while Current Crisis, a division winner at
Monticello Raceway last week in the NAADA Series, finished third for Robert
Krivelin.
It
was the third seasonal victory for Ladys Big Stormont who’s owned by Schwartz
and trained by Raheim Strong.
Sim
Brown won the Second $6000 NAADA Trot division with Dr. John Kokinos in the
sulky.
Perhaps
aping Schwartz’s front-end style on the muddy race course Kokinos sent his
former stakes winning trotter to the lead.and after stealing a 1:03 half
Kokinos then parked all challengers and Sim Brown did the rest trotting the
final four furlongs in :58.3 en route to a two and one half length triumph in
2:01.3 over Wygant Prince and driver Paul Minore. A neck farther back in
third was Sam’s Honeybee, driven by Billings president, Tony Verruso.
It
was the first seasonal victory for Sim Brown a 9 –year-old altered son of Angus
Hall, who, with this triumph, raised his lifetime earnings to over $600,000.
Also
trained by Kokinos Sim Brown is owned by Robert Santigata and Jennifer Lappe.
Both
races tonight at Yonkers went for $6000 purses and went as non-wagering events
prior to the betting card getting underway.
The
NAADA Trotting Series will continue next Thursday (April 13) at Monticello
Raceway.
