By: Shawn Wiles
Monticello – On Monday August 12
Monticello Raceway and the New York Sire Stakes program featured 2-year-old
trotting filly’s. The 7 race card featured 2 divisions of Sire Stakes each
racing for a purse of $51,000, 3 splits of the Excelsior A group ($15,000) and
2 Excelsior B ($6,500)
The first heat of Sire Stakes was a
short 5 horse field, the 1/5 betting favorite Seventimesalady, a $132,000
yearling purchase started from the outside from post 5, 2 of the starters made
miscues in the middle of the first turn, after the early commotion
Seventimesalady made the front and was uncontested through the mile, cutting
fractions of 29.3,59.2, 1:29.2 and uncorking a last quarter of 28.4 to score an
easy 5 length victory in 1:58.1. Ake Svanstedt trains and drives and co owns
Seventimesalady, a daughter of Chapter Seven – Ava Marion, she picked up her 3rd
consecutive NYSS win for owners Ake Svanstedt, Little E, Knutsson Trotting and
L. Berg. The pocket sitting Flotus finished second followed by
Illdoitmyself.
Race 7 for the final heat of Sire
Stakes and again it was Team Svanstedt who scored with Miss Jubilation who
started from Post 4 and was part of the Svanstedt entry with Destiny Blue Chip,
the Chapter Seven – Seven Blue Muscles lass scored a wire to wire win in 1:58.4
over Sorprese (Dan Daley)and Destiny Blue Chip – Charlie Norris. Miss
Jubilation earned her 2nd Sire Stake victory of the year for owners
Ake Svanstedt, Little E, Triple Play Trotters & Stolz Geiger.
Excelsior A winners were C And T’s
Credit (Credit Winner – Love to Flaunt) who picked up her second consecutive
win in this company in 2:01 for trainer John Stark. Dan Daley scored with
the longest shot on the board at 25-1 with Lady Jeter (Muscles Yankee – Salt
Hill Brigid) who picked up her maiden win in 2:00.3. Nasty Gal (Conway
Hall – Dreama Littledream) scored in 2:00.2 for Vernon Down based horseman Gate
Brunet.
The combination of driver Michael
Merton and trainer Dale Lawton garnered both heats of the Excelsior B with Dogs
of War (Conway Hall – Extreme Balance) scored in 2:03.1 and returned $5.40,
Some Crazy Fool (Crazed – Someway) won in in 2:02.2
The next leg of NY Sire Stakes is
next Monday August 19 when 2 Year Old Trotting Colts come to town, post time is
12:50.
