Monticello Raceway played host to three divisions of sophomore trotting fillies in the New York Sire Stakes late closer program
and when the results of each event were official Dream State, Dream Speech and Study Hall emerged victorious in their respective $13,200 divisions. And Zeke Parker won two of three trots.
Dream State, a daughter of Dream Vacation who had been honing her skills on the NYSS County Fair circuit where she won four consecutive starts, just toyed with her competition and equaled the time she turned in at Saratoga Harness on July 8 when Parker guided her to a seven- length 2:01 triumph over Majestic’s Joy and driver Kyle DiBenedetto.
Parker put Dream State on the front-end and they cruised along without ever having a challenge en route to the filly’s sixth win in eight starts. Trained by David Dewhurst for Regina Dewhurst, Dream State paid $5.00 for win.
Parker won another division when he rallied Study Hall to a come-from-behind squeaker over a stubborn You’ll Miss Allot and driver Jimmy Taggart, Jr. in a 2:04 clocking. The race, inundated by a host of breaking fillies, saw three trotters - the other EJs Dream Kat (Kyle DiBenedetto) - charge to the finish line just heads apart but it was the Conway Hall filly that picked up all the marbles.
Trained by Bob Bloodgood for Edward and David Smith and James Gianuzzi, Study Hall won her second race in 10 seasonal outings and returned a $26.20 win payoff.
Kyle DiBenedetto won the other $13,100 split with the locally-owned and trained Dream Speech in a 2:03 clocking.
Maybe because she was winless in five lifetime starts, Dream Speech was disregarded and sent off at odds of over 11-1 from the pole position. But DiBenedetto remained undaunted and sent the Dream Vacation filly to the lead and they made every pole a winning one though the betting favorite, Judith (Jimmy Marohn, Jr.), was charging at the wire but she fell a head short.
Dave Dziengiel co-owns and trains Dream Speech for the Salt Hill Farm, Tony Lake David Reich.
Also on the card that afternoon the very consistent claiming pacer, Future Fan, scored his fifth consecutive triumph and 11th of the season when Mike Merton hustled the pacer to the front and they out-footed Lennon NZ and Jordan Stratton to the wire in a 1:55:1 clocking.
In again for a $15,000 tag Future Fan raised his seasonal earnings to over $41,000 for owner Danbry Racing Inc of Allentown, NJ.
(Monticello Raceway)