Haveitalltogether Chris
Long captures the $6,000 featured trot at Vernon Downs on Friday (June 11).
Spoiler Alert (Truman
Gale) went straight to the front and was followed in the pocket by
Haveitalltogether ($8.40). Spoiler Alert
led to the first quarter in :27.0.
Double Dealing (Frank Affrunti) was the first to a make move challenging
all the way down the back stretch. Spoiler Alert led to the half in :56.3. He shook off Double Dealing and easily led to
three-quarters in 1:26.2.
As they reached the
stretch Haveitalltogether popped out of the pocket and went all out and went by
second place finisher Spoiler Alert in deep stretch to win in a seasonal best
time of 1:56.0. Bet Big On Blue (Leon
Bailey) came up to finish third.
Haveitalltogether is a
6-year-old gelding by Cantab Hall. He is
owned by Mark Taylor, Toby and Jennifer Russ as well as trainer Robyn
Mangiardi. It was his second win this
season. He now has 15 career victories.
John MacDonald drove
three winners on the card. He teamed up
to get two of his wins with trainer Stanley Zombick Jr. They won with Schwarber ($7.60) and Step
Forward ($3.80). MacDonald’s other win
came with Don’t Chip Me ($8.70)
Leon Bailey leads all
drivers with 32 wins. Justin Huckabone
is second on the list with 19 victories.
John MacDonald finds himself in third with 18 trips to the winner’s
circle. Jimmy Whittemore (15) and Chris
Long (11) round out the top five.
Jeff Sorenson leads all
trainers with 11 wins. Jessica Okusko, Justin Huckabone , and Bruce Lauer are
tied for second with 10 wins a piece.
Claude Huckabone is fifth best with eight training wins.
Vernon Downs returns to
live racing on Saturday (June 12) with a 11-race card starting at 6:10 p.m.
For more information go
to www.vernondowns.com
