After visiting four tracks in the last month, perhaps Cheyenne Ryan Lee has found Monticello Raceway to his liking.

On Tuesday (July 13) Cheyenne Ryan Lee took on the best pacers on the grounds in the $8,400 Open Pace with Luke Hanners in the bike, and both horse and driver made their Monticello debuts winning ones. Hanners, 20, won his Meadowlands debut last week and continued his streak to break his Monticello debut in fashion.

Starting from post three, Cheyenne Ryan Lee was content to follow Foo Fighter N, the winner of last week’s Open Pace, who left the gate strong from post seven to cut the fractions of :27.2, :56 and 1:24.2. Once the passing lane was clear, Hanners went to the inside to overtake Foo Fighter N by two lengths in 1:53.3.

Cheyenne Ryan Lee is trained by Alexandra Goldin and owned by Antoinette F. Bencivenne of Ivyland, PA. It was the fourth seasonal win for the five-year-old gelded son of Roll With Joe, upping his yearly earnings to over $28,000.

Also, on the card, Jim Taggart Jr. won three races. One was a snappy mile from KJ Erich, a five-length winner in 1:53.2, the fastest mile of the afternoon.

(Monticello)