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| Aruba Vacation (Fern Paquet, Jr) takes the Opening Night co-feature |
On a rainy night
and over a "sloppy" track, Aruba Vacation posted a front-striding 1:57
victory in Friday's opener, the week's $10,000 Open trot, while
High Speed Life forged the fastest mile of the evening, a 1:56.1 score in the $10,000 eighth event, the distaff Open pace.
Fern Paquet, Jr. drove the Howard Stables' Aruba Vacation to a 2-1/4 length triumph in Friday's first race.
The 6-year-old son of Dream Vacation is trained by Guy Howard.
Paquet and Howard also combined for a 1:57.1 victory with the trotter Grey Ice in Friday's $5,100 seventh session.
With trainer and
part-owner Roman Lopez doing the teaming in Friday's eighth event, High
Speed Life raced at or near the front before drawing off in the stretch
for a 1-3/4 length score over the
on-rushing Little Santamonica. The victorious 7-year-old mare is also shared in ownership by Mitchell Frair.
Doubles were also
recorded during the program by drivers Lopez (Mia Casino) and Chris Lems
(Pop My Buttons and Ziegler Hanover, each trained by Dave Dewhurst).
The productive 12-year-old trotting gelding Scorpion Moon earned his 91st career victory with a bold-going 1:59.3 victory for defending driving/training champ Rick Plano in the evening's
$4,100 sixth session. Co-owner Tracy Brainard conditions the career winner of $949,991 for her partner Andrew Herzog.
DOWNS DOINGS—In
spite of the mid-30 degree temperature and off-track conditions, all 10
Opening Night races went in 1:59.3, or faster…The Downs will continue
its opening weekend with Saturday's
13-race program that will get under way at 6:45 p.m...This year's post
time is 10 minutes earlier than in previous years…The track's 90-card
campaign will continue through Nov. 2… Additional information regarding
Vernon Downs, its casino, hotel, racing and
promotional events can be obtained at www.vernondowns.com.
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