2 year-old trotters take center stage on Tuesday (July 4) at Tioga
Downs with a 13 race card starting at 1p.m. The featured events will be
four divisions of the New York Sire Stakes.
In the first NYSS ($27,750) trot (race 3), the morning line
favorite is Cruising in Style (Muscle Mass / SOS Respect), who is driven by
Jason Bartlett is at 3-1. Owned by Thestable Cruising Group and trained
by Andrew Harris, he won by 18 lengths in his last qualifier at Mohawk in
1:58.4.
The second choice is Troller (Muscle Mass / Pearls Last Chance)
who is owned by Michael Woodward while trained and driven by Phil Fluet is at
7-2. Troller lost his only parimutuel start by a neck at Saratoga.
The third choice is Rich Uncle (Credit Winner) who is at 4-1. Rich Uncle
(Mike Simons) who is owned by W J Donovan and trained by Ron Burke,he the first
foal out of Royal Assets, who earned over $500,00 in her career.
In the second NYSS
($27,750) trot (race 5) the morning line favorite is Ronnie Goldstein (Muscle
Mass / Barbara Goldstein) who is owned by Steven Goldstein while trained and
driven by Kim Crawford. He was a winner in his first career race at
Saratoga (June 22) in 2:00.1. The second choice in that race is If Not
Why Not (Muscle Mass / Amazing Grace) owned by Michael Polansky and trained by
Dave Spagnola at 7-2. If Not Why Not won it's only parimutuel start in
2:02.2 at Saratoga (6-29) as well. The third choice is Classichap
(Chapter Seven / Classical Flirt who is owned by the Purple Haze Stables while
trained and driven by Trond Smedshammer is 4-1. Classichap is the half
brother to 2012 Hamletonian winner Market share
In the third NYSS ($28,250) trot (race 7), the
morning line favorite is the entry of Alex The Great (Muscle Mass / Priceless
Image) and Lunar Credit (Credit Winner / Lunar Dream Om) at 2-1. Alex The
Great is the half sibling to several horses who have won over $250,000
lifetime. He is owned by the Andy Miller Stable, Harvey Eisman and the
Little E LLC while trained by Julie Miller and driven by Andy Miller.
Lunar Credit is owned by Little E LLC while trained by George Ducharme and driven
by Chris Lems.
The second choice is Pass Shooter (Conway Hall / Chunk-a-punk) who is owned by Michael Woodward while trained and driven by Phil Fluet is at 3-1. The third choice is Perlucky (Lucky Chucky / Paper Girl), who is owned by Purple Haze Stables while trained and driven by Trond Smedshammer is at 7-2.
The second choice is Pass Shooter (Conway Hall / Chunk-a-punk) who is owned by Michael Woodward while trained and driven by Phil Fluet is at 3-1. The third choice is Perlucky (Lucky Chucky / Paper Girl), who is owned by Purple Haze Stables while trained and driven by Trond Smedshammer is at 7-2.
The final NYSS ($27,750) trot (race 9), the morning line favorite
is Clive Bigsby (Muscle Mass / Northern Flare), who is owned by Winters Racing
Stable and trainer George Ducharme while driven by Chris Lems is
5-2. Clive Bigsby got a victory at Vernon Downs (6-23) in 1:58.1.
The second choice is Six Pack (Muscle Mass / Pleasing Lady), who is owned by
Little E LLC , Stall Kalmer FF, Lars Berg and trainer driver Ake Svanstedt is
7-2. The third choice is Tito (Muscle Mass / Stonebridge Encore), who is
owned by Anthony Lombardo, George Golemes and Louis WInger while trained by Erv
Miller and driven by Markus Miller is at9-2. Erv Miller has been terrific
with the 2 year-olds so far.
Also on the card is three races from the Excelsior A Series and two Excelsior B Series races,
Also on the card is three races from the Excelsior A Series and two Excelsior B Series races,
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