Fast Choice fastest in NYSS for $110,100
Quick selection (Courtly choice-Fashion guru Doug McNair) won the $110,100 New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) harness race for two-year-old stallions and geldings on Saturday, August 17.
Silent Weapon (Tyler Buter) stormed out of the gate and reached the quarter distance first in :26.4. Thirsty Thursday (Matt Kakaley) took control in the first turn. Fast Choice ($6.90) shot past on the backstretch and led until the halfway point in :54.0. He stayed in the lead and reached the three-quarter distance first in 1:23.2.
On the home stretch, the two unbeaten pacesetters were on the track. Second-placed Thirsty Thursday gave it his all after Fast Choice. Fast Choice gave it his all while Thirsty Thursday closed in. Fast Choice won with a personal best time of 1:50.3. Holt Hanover (Ray Schnittker) took third.
Fast Choice, a two-year-old gelding trained by Jared Bako for owners Ashley Bako and Randy Zane, has now won four out of four horses.
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Jimmy Whittemore drove three winning horses and was trainer of two of them. John MacDonald had a double win as driver and trainer.
Awol Hanover (Donato HanoverSteve Reisenweaver) won the Angus MacDonald Memorial Trot. The 10-year-old gelding is owned by Reisenweaver and trained by Jeff Byron.
Vernon Downs returns to live racing on Friday (August 23) from 4:00 p.m.
For more information, see www.vernondowns.com.
Click here to view the full race results: Results of the US Trotting Competition.
from John Hornefor Vernon Downs
