Vernon Downs held Finals in eight divisions of the New York Excelsior 'A' Series on Saturday night with purses totaling $360,000.

The three-year-old trotting colts and geldings were first up and provided an 11-1 upset with Commissioner Daley (Conway Hall-Irish Washerwoman) storming through the stretch once he got into the clear and rolling right past Genius At Work late to win in a final time of 1:55.2.

Commissioner Daley is owned by Ann-Mari Daley and Michael White of Florida. Dan Daley is the trainer and driver.

Two-year-old trotting fillies were up next and, as opposed to the first of the eight Finals, this one went according to form as 3-5 favourite Barn Girl (Cash Hall-Turquoise Sweetie) took the lead in mid-stretch and held off a strong closing kick from Morcredit Bluechip to score a victory in 1:57.

Barn Girl is owned by Steven and Nancy Pratt of New York. The trainer is Howard Okusko and she was driven to victory by Jeff Gregory on Saturday night.

Freshman trotting colts and geldings provided the most exciting stretch drive of the night as part of a 5-1 entry, Progression (Credit Winner-Ens Curious), came through an opening on the inside left when the favoured Crazshana drifted out in the lane. Progression's final time was 1:57.4.

Progression is owned by Delaware's Leigh Raymer, who also trains, Stephen Moss of Pennsylvania, and Harold and Helane Solomon of New York. Mark MacDonald was the driver on Saturday night.

The sophomore pacing filly race was won in gate-to-wire fashion by Expose (Artiscape-Good News Lady). She took the lead immediately and never was headed again as she triumphed in 1:52.4

Expose is owned by Linwood Higgins of Maine and Stake Your Claim Stable of New Jersey. Linda Toscano trains and Jim Morrill Jr. was the winning driver.

Archetto Hanover (Bettors Delight-Arts Masterpiece) took the three-year-old colt and gelding pace after rallying past the favoured Murder He Wrote at the top of the stretch. He went on to win by a length in a final time of 1:51.4

Archetto Hanover is owned by Paymaq Racing of Illinois, Greg Gillis of Ontario, and Louis Willinger of Kentucky. The trainer is Erv Miller and the winning driver was Marcus Miller.

Two-year-old pacing colts and geldings might have provided one of the more impressive wins of the night from Artistic Major (Art Major-Western Dancer). Artistic Major (Brent Holland) made the lead at the top of the stretch and powered away to win by four lengths in a time of 1:52.4.

Artistic Major is owned by David Van Dusen and Michael Cimaglio of Ohio and Steve Elliott of New Jersey. Elliott doubles as the trainer.

Freshman pacing fillies followed that and Rock Me Gently (Rock N Roll Heaven-Cam Swifty) prevailed in what turned into a clustered finish with multiple horses ending up close together. The final time was 1:55.

Rock Me Gently is owned by Old Block Stables Inc. and Kenneth Klein of New York and The Fra Stable LLC of New Jersey. The trainer is Elliott.

The final Final of the Excelsior "A" Series on Saturday night was for three-year-old trotting fillies and the winner was Dreamsteeler (Cash Hall-Dream Street) with Jim Morrill Jr. driving. She took the lead right away and cruised to an easy victory by nine lengths in a final time of 1:56.3

Dreamsteeler is owned by Andrew Herzog of New York and Tracy Brainard is the trainer.

(With files from Vernon Downs)