The hard-charging pacer Glam Cam didn’t disappoint her backers in Thursday night’s featured first race at Vernon Downs, posting a 1:52.3 victory.
Going off as the favourite in the $10,500 Open for laterally-gaited females, Glam Cam ($3.00) gathered momentum from fourth at the quarter before sweeping into the lead with fast and frisky move approaching the three-quarter mile mark.
With veteran trainer Chuck Connor, Jr. at the controls, the six-year-old daughter of Camotion-CR Charisma opened up a six-length advantage entering the final furlong, and then coasted to a two-length triumph. It marked the second Vernon victory this season, the fourth in 2012 and her 14th lifetime tally. Robert J. Lovett owns the career winner of $90,878, who came within three ticks of the timer of her lifetime speed mark.
It was one of two tallies during Thursday’s nine-race program for Connor, Jr., who has earned three wins in five local appearances this season. The 57-year-old horseman currently ranks third on Vernon’s all-time list for “two-minute” driving miles with 822.
Driver Rick Plano also piloted a pair of first-place finishers during the track’s 38th program, raising his meet leading total to 62.
(Vernon Downs)