Pleaseletmeknow, the 1-9 favourite, did not disappoint his backers when competing in the New York Sire Stakes for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Monday afternoon (July 18) at Monticello Raceway.
Starting from Post 3 in the first $60,300 division comprised of an eight-horse field, he got away third. Midway down the backside, he tipped to the outside and wrangled the lead from Roll With The Flow just past the opening panel in :27.3. Once on top, Pleaseletmeknow and Matt Kakaley controlled the tempo with splits of :56.2 and 1:25.4.
Roll With The Flow was out at the five-eighths pole, followed by Seven Hundred, but neither could mount a serious threat to the winner as he handily scored a two-length win margin in 1:53.2. The Messenger Stakes winner notched his sixth win of the year and his third NY Sire Stakes. Finishing second was Shake It (Jason Bartlett) and Stretch The Line (Marcus Miller) was third.
The son of American Ideal is trained by Travis Alexander for Fiddlers Creek Stable. The win for Pleaseletmeknow upped his seasonal earnings tally to $266,927. He paid $2.10 to win.
In the second divisions, also worth $60,300, JD, the Goshen Historic Track all-age record holder, scored in a nearly wire-to-wire performance in 1:54.3 for driver Mark MacDonald. Huntanover (Tyler Buter) was second, followed by a hard-charging Blue Collar Man for Dan Daley.
The three-year-old son of So Surreal, who paid $5 to win, is trained by co-owner Ray Schnittker for fellow owners George Zitone and Melissa Beckwith. It was his third win of the year.
Tyler Buter had a pair of winning Excelsior drives aboard Lanjo Lee ($2.50) and Bluesville ($6.50), both in 1:54.2. Other Excelsior winners were
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