Competing in
Saturday's second race, a “Turn Back The Clock Rewind Race,” Tioga
Thunder had owner and trainer Adam Capizzano at the controls as he went
right to the front
at the start and wired seven other practitioners of the diagonal
stride, stopping the timer in 1:45.3.
The previous 1:47 record for this event and gait had been established by Famous Image last year.
Two other 7/8ths-mile rewind races were conducted during the track's 90th program, both on the pace.
Dunkirk Beach missed the pacing standard for this event by one
tick of the timer with his 1:42.4 performance in race eight, while Mata
Harry posted a 1:44.2 clocking in race four.
Drivers Chris
Lems, Jonathan Roberts, Roman Lopez, Lewayne Miller, trainer Lonny Hale,
plus owners Dr. Michael J. Kessler and the Speed To Burn Racing Stable
were each
credited with a pair of victories during Saturday's action.
The 14-year-old
campaigners Crowbar Hotel, owned by trainer Gene Denney and his wife,
Lynne, and Camviction, registered to trainer Lynn Whitmer and her
husband, Charles,
Jr., were recognized in retirement ceremonies after the second and
eighth events, respectively.
The trotter Crowbar Hotel is a career winner of more than
$106,000, while the home-bred pacer Camviction has recorded earnings of
nearly $75,000.
Twelve different
track records were set or tied during the April 27-Nov. 3 meeting, with
the fastest pacing mile a 1:48.3 sizzler turned in by He's Gorgeous on
May 19.
The fastest trotting mile was a 1:51.2 effort by Hot Shot Blue Chip on Sept. 7 in the Credit Winner Open trot.
The winningest
pacer at the meet was Steuben Ruthless with eight first-place finishes,
while the top trotter in tallies was Whispur with seven scores.
Rick Plano, who
was the runner-up in both driving and training here last season, ended
up finishing first in both categories this season.
The 60-year-old horsemen won 159 races and chalked up 78 conditioning credits.
The Frankfort-native led in driving doubles with 18, triples with
16, four-win program with six, tied Jim Morrill, Jr. in five-win
performances with two, and joined Morrill, Jr. and Tim Tetrick as the
only reinsmen to hit the six-win mark during the
meet.
Provisional pilots Josh Kinney and Michael Miller tied at six for top honors in that developing category.
More than 1,100 miles in 2:00 or faster were recorded during the season, raising the track's all-time total to 22,785.
"We would like to thank
all of our customers and the horsemen who help support Vernon Downs
racing year after year, and we look forward to seeing all of them again
next season," said Jason M. Settlemoir, VP of
Racing and Simulcast.
DOWNS DOINGS—Additional information regarding Vernon Downs, its casino, hotel, racing and promotional events can be obtained at
www.vernondowns.com.
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