Purpose Blue Chip (Dan Daley)
wins the $4,800 featured trot at Vernon Downs on Wednesday (June 17).
American JJ (Michael Miller) went
to the first quarter in :27.1. Purpose Blue Chip ($2.10) took the lead
right after the quarter. He used a :29.2 second quarter to hit the half
in :56.3. American JJ tried to keep up but Purpose Blue Chip cruised to
three-quarters in 1:25.0.
Purpose Blue Chip, who is trained
by Daley for owners Ann-Mari Daley, Donald Brenner, and James Crawford IV,
grabbed a three length lead as they reached the stretch. The battle was
for second as Purpose Blue Chp won in a lifetime best of 1:54.2. The
battle for place wnt to Getting Serious (Roman Lopez). Give Angel Credit
( Joe Nassimos) came up to get third.
Purpose Blue Chip is a 5-year-old
horse by Chapter Seven. He is two for two in 2020. He how has six
career victories.
Fern Paquet Jr. drove four
winners on the night. He won with Rockin Party ($6.50),
Racingtowardadream ($60.50). Hid other two wins came with The father-daughter
combination of Celebrity Maserati ($4.50), and Celebrity Serena (by Celebrity
Maserati ($6.00)). The pair were trained by Jennifer Sansone for
Celebrity Farms.
Vernon Downs returns to live
racing with a 12-race card on Thursday (June 18) starting at 4p.m.
For more information go to www.vernondowns.com
