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| Aries Angel wins the Thursday feature for driver/trainer Rick Plano |
The pacer Aries Angel displayed fast form in winning Thursday night's $9,500
feature, while the trotter Ziegler Hanover became the first three-time winner of
the season at Vernon Downs.
Competing against seven speedy
rivals in the week's Open test for female practitioners of the lateral gait,
Aries Angel ($9.80) challenged for the lead off the starting gate, took command
after the quarter, and then forged a one-length victory in Thursday's
10th contest.
Trainer Rick Plano was in the
sulky as the 5-year-old daughter of Western Ideal-Aries Conquest collected her
fifth season's score and 18th lifetime tally. Rick's wife, Maryann, owns the career-winner
of more than $124,500.
The win was one of two during
Thursday's 11-race card for Plano, who was the runner up in races won on last
year's driving and training charts at the Downs.
The gritty claimer Ziegler
Hanover ($4.70) extended his local winning streak to three with a solid 1:56.3
score in Thursday's $5,200 eighth event.
Chris Lems drove for trainer and part-owner Dave Dewhurst as the
7-year-old son of Andover Hall-Xqsmwa improved his current record to three wins
and a second-place finish after four outings.
Anthony R. Farina shares ownership of the 14-time career winner, who
sports more than $224,500 in lifetime winnings.
Lems, the track's current driving
leader with 14 first-place finishes, posted three wins during the evening, as
did two-time defending titleist Jimmy Whittemore.
DOWNS DOINGS—Thursday's fastest mile
was a career-best 1:53.4 effort by the sophomore filly pacer Canamerica in the
second race. Trainer John Stark, Jr., a part-owner, drove for Eloise Luchsinger,
E. Carlyle and David Smith…Dewhurst, Jessica Okusko and Tracy Brainard, who all
posted wins during Thursday's card, are deadlocked atop the track's training
chart after six nights of competition with five victories each…Vernon will
present an 11-race program that includes the week's $9,500 Open trot (sixth
race) at 6:55 p.m. on Friday (May 11).…Additional information regarding Vernon
Downs, its casino, hotel, racing and promotional events can be obtained at www.vernondowns.com.
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