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Monday, December 17, 2018

James Devaux wins 5 at Monticello Raceway


By Shawn Wiles

On a wet and grey Monday afternoon at Monticello Raceway, James Devaux won 5 of the cards 10 races. The banner day didn’t start until midway through the card in race 5, where Princess Katie (2:02.4 – $2.10) was his afternoons first winner. Devaux, would then proceed to win the next 3 races in a row, Faithful Friend (2:01.1 - $8.50), Norma Rei (1:59.4 - $3.30) and Rosy Outlook (1:57.4 – $10.40) Devaux just missed notching his 6 win of the day, losing by a neck in the 9th race.

He won the last race of the day in with Sandy Hook Hanover (2:00.4 – $20.40) for trainer Chad Washington, Devuax, a former 2 time Dash winner at Monticello Raceway is currently ranked 4th in the Monticello Driving colony with 197 wins.