The pacers Feel Like A Fool and Flipper J, as well as the trotter Surface Tension, produced the fastest miles of the season by male freshmen performers during Thursday night’s New York State Fair racing action at Vernon Downs.
Feel Like A Fool (driven by Jim Morrill, Jr.) and Flipper J (Jason Bartlett) each won their respective divisions of the $124,320 New York Sires Stakes two-year-old colt/gelding pace in 1:53.2, while Surface Tension (Dan Daley) captured his flight of Thursday’s $122,400 New York-bred frosh trot in 1:58.2. The track condition was listed as 'good' due to a pre-program rain shower.
Thursday’s other divisional winners in the State Fair two-year-old male pace were Major Way, Thomas J and Mats Delight.
The other State Fair frosh male trotting victors were Typical Newyorker, Tigers Too Good, Daleydaydream and Rarely Ordinary.
Delightful Dancer won Thursday’s $11,000 Miracle Mile-1 female pace.
(With files from Vernon)