By:
Shawn Wiles
On Monday afternoon
June 3, the entire 9 race card was dominated by Sire Stakes for 3 Year
Old Trotting Colts, 3 heats of
Sire Stakes, 3 Excelsior A and 3 Excelsior B contest’s
The first heat
of Sire Stakes action came in race 1, the 5 - horse field raced for a purse of
$37,500. There were 3 different leaders on the front end until the field hit
the ¼ marker, with Livingonthedash the first one there in 29.2, Horns for Three got the
lead at the half in 59.4, down the backside Winnerup who was fifth and last was the first to move. At the
¾ move Winnerup was sitting on the outside of Horns For Three until
the duo came out of the turn and then it was all Winnerup from there as he scored in 1:57.4. It was the
third win of the season for the son of Credit Winner who is owned by
Purple Haze Stable, he also picked up his second Sire Stake win of the young
year. In the winner’s circle after the race trainer Trainer Trond Smedshammer exclaimed “He was well in hand
today, I never even pulled the ear plugs today ”
Mr. Victor’s
(Tyler Buter) race was the most impressive performance of the
afternoon, the recently sold son of RC Royalty easily dispatched a field of 6
as he scored in a wire to wire win in 1:57.1, for the fastest mile of the
day. Mr. Victor notched his second Sire Stake win of the season and
picked up his fourth win of the season. A large contingent of
well-wishers converged on the winner’s circle following the race, among them
owners R. Santagata and Joe Lee.
In the final
heat Lights Come On cut the mile every step of the way (29.0, 59.4, 129.0)
pocket sitter Travel Winner (Tyler
Buter) out finished to pace setter to score in 1:58.2. Travel
Winner is by Credit Winner and trained by Nifty Norman for owner James W. Fleming of Bayfiled, ON, CA,
The winners in
the Excelsior A contests were, Kolin 2:01.2 - Phil Fluet, Jason’s Camden 1:59.4
- Jim Morrill Jr. And Another Newyorker 2:01. Jason Barlett.
Tyler Buter and Jason
Bartlett each scored a driving double for the afternoon.
