Twenty-nine talented two-year-old trotting fillies are set to take to Vernon Downs on Friday evening for a quartet of New York Sire Stakes events which will offer a total of $109,500 in purses.
The program’s $27,250 sixth race will feature a pair of multiple winners in Lima Playtime (to be driven by Mark MacDonald from Post 2) and Lindylicious (Chris Lems, PP4). Both daughters of Credit Winner will square off with five other rivals. Lima Playtime, the Rick Zeron-trained 2-1 morning line favourite, drew clear to prevail in NYSS preliminaries at both Yonkers Raceway and Batavia Downs, most recently having drawn clear to a 1:59.4 win at Yonkers in dominant fashion. George Ducharme trainee Lindylicious took both her career wins on the Excelsior circuit and has since risen to NYSS competition with a pair of runner-up efforts.
Three-time winner Posterity (Charlie Norris, PP7) headlines the $27,250 seventh race. She recently drew off to defeat her foes at Yonkers and Batavia, much in the same manner as Lima Playtime. The daughter of Lucky Chucky is the 9-2 third choice on the morning line for the third division. She will have to contend with Ron Burke trainee Dizzy Broad (Jim Morrill Jr., PP5). The Broad Bahn filly won her first two career races in NYSS events, and she seeks to acquit herself of a late break at Yonkers last week.
In the card’s $27,750 ninth race, the Åke Svanstedt-trained and driven Non Stick (PP3) will seek to extend her undefeated record. She recorded front-stepping victories in her debut at Pocono and in a NYSS race at Yonkers, which came last week. The Lucky Chucky filly will face seven rivals, including fellow two-time winner Go Mary Go (Ray Schnittker, PP6) and 5-2 morning line favourite Dazzling Dollars (Trond Smedshammer, PP5). Dazzling Dollars, by Cash Hall, controlled the terms in her NYSS event at Yonkers last week and edged clear for a 2:00.1 maiden-breaking triumph.
Vernon’s 13-race Friday card will begin at 6:45 p.m. (ET). The program also marks the beginning of the annual Corntastic festivities, which will continue through the weekend.
(Vernon)