High Speed Life came alive in the homestretch and turned a pocket-sitting trip
into a career-fastest 1:51.4 victory in Saturday night's $10,500 featured Open
pace at Vernon Downs.
Trainer Roman Lopez did the teaming in
Saturday's ninth race, keeping High Speed Life ($14.60) in the desired two slot
behind the pace-setting Forty Carrots until the final furlong, where she rallied
to defeat the on-rushing Yankees In Six by a head.
Saturday's score was the fourth locally, the
sixth this season and the 27th all-time for the energetic 6-year-old
daughter of Lease On Life-Nano, who is shared in ownership by Lopez and Mitchell
Frair.
Saturday's swiftest score over a track dulled
to "good" by rain was turned in by No Monkeys Allowed, who came from off the
pace to equal his lifetime record with a 1:51.2 mile in the evening's $8,000
first event. Brian Connor, who earned
his first triple of the 44-program meet during the 11-race card, did the teaming
for trainer Edgar Clarke and the Robert J. Orr/Garry J. Jonas ownership
duo. It marked the first Vernon victory,
but the fifth season's tally for the bay battler, who now sports 13 career wins
and earnings of more than $178,000.
Chris Lems also logged three first-place
driving victories, plus a training triumph, during the program, while Lopez
notched a pair of sulky scores and a training tally.
DOWNS DOINGS—Racing Secretary Scott
Warren has instituted a five percent across-the-board purse increase for all "overnight" classes at the Downs…Leading driver Rick Plano (70 local scores in
2012) won the eighth event with Jeffrey Gillis's pacer Fish Tales and now needs
just 17 more first-place finishes to reach 6,000 career victories…The Downs will
present live racing Wednesday-Saturday next week starting at 6:55 p.m…The track
will offer a new handicapping contest during its final four Wednesday programs
of the season (Aug. 1, 8, 15 and 22)…The Downs will host a New York Sire Stakes
sponsored contest for 2-year-old filly pacers on Wednesday night, Aug. 8…
Additional information regarding Vernon Downs, its casino, hotel, racing and
promotional events can be obtained at www.vernondowns.com.
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