Crowd wagering choice Win Missy B lived up to her sterling reputation and
snapped a string of three straight second-place finishes with a dominating
1:54.4 victory in the fastest of three divisions of Saturday night's $130,430
New York Sire Stakes feature for 3-year-old trotting fillies at Vernon
Downs.
Fresh off her runner-up finish in the
$714,050 Hambletonian Oaks final at The Meadowlands on Aug. 4, Win Missy B
relaxed behind the pace-setting Lima Playmate for half of Saturday's third race,
then took charge on the backstretch and powered home in a :28.4 final quarter to
win by more than nine lengths.
Saturday's score marked the third victory
this season and the 11th overall for the talented bay daughter of
Conway Hall-Winning Missbrenda, who bumped her career earnings to more than
$1,121,100. Trainer Charlie Norris did
the teaming for owner Robert J. Key. Her
time was just four-fifths of a second off the track record for this class that
was set by For A Dancer on June 8.
Saturday's other regular NYSS wins were
recorded by Starglow Hall, who captured the evening's first race with a
bold-striding, personal-best 1:55.2 effort, and Anandamide, who upset the
favorite, For A Dancer (1:54), with a career-best 1:55.4 triumph in Saturday's
sixth session.
It was the second season's score for Starglow
Hall (Conway Hall-Smilin' Matty), who was handled by Jim Morrill, Jr. Trainer
Chris Ryder shares ownership of the bay filly along with Terry and Clarence
Devos.
Anandamide (Credit Winner-Psychotherapist)
turned a pocked trip into her fourth triumph in six starts with Morrill, Jr.
doing the steering for trainer Anette Lorentzon and the ACL Stuteri Ab ownership
contingent.
Saturday's slate also included five divisions
of a $64,500 NYSS-sponsored Excelsior Series contest for state-bred sophomore
distaffers on the diagonal gait. The
first-place finishers were Moonglow (Credit Winner-Glow) in 1:57 for driver
Stephane Bouchard, trainer Frank Antonacci and the Fred Monteleone Stable;
Pretend To Be Nice (Conway Hall-Sloppy Kisses) in 1:57.1 for driver Bouchard,
trainer Fred Grant and owners Janice Rubin, Mary Katz, Darla Gaskin and Dr.
Domenic Catton; Linda B (Equinox Bi-Linda Muscles) in 1:57.3 with Morrill, Jr.
sitting in for trainer Bruce Aldrich and owner Woody Hoblitzell; Latte Hall
(Conway Hall-Lisa's Mission) in 1:58 with trainer Jim Raymer handling the lines
for the Harbor Racing Stable, and Psycho Babe (Sand Vic-Dusty Girl) in 1:58.2
with Vernon's leading driver Rick Plano doing the teaming for trainer Ron Abbott
and owners Edward Reich and Irwin Lampert.
One More Laugh front-ended his way to a
decisive 1:50.3 victory in the week's $11,000 Open pace with trainer/part-owner
Ray Schnittker steering for his partners, the Creative Racing Stable and the
J&TSilva Stables in Saturday's ninth race.
Driver Morrill, Jr. posted four wins during
the program and nine for the four-night week, while Plano picked up his
meet-leading 85th victory, his ninth triple and ran his lifetime win
total to 5,998. Bouchard was also
credited with a pair of first-place finishes during the track's 52nd
program.
DOWNS DOINGS—Plano also picked up nine
tallies during the Wednesday-Saturday week and bumped his training total for the
meet to 44, two less than defending champ and current conditioning leader Tracy
Brainard…Vernon will offer live racing Wednesday through Saturday again next
week, with first post time at 6:55 each evening… Additional information
regarding Vernon Downs, its casino, hotel, racing and promotional events can be
obtained at www.vernondowns.com.
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