Poisonous, driven by Jimmy Whittemore, captured the $6,500 featured pace on Saturday, Sept. 29 at Vernon Downs.
Golden Gun charged to the front and controlled through fractions of :27.1, :56.0 and 1:23.4. Poisonous found himself sixth after three-quarters. Owned and trained by Whittemore, he found an opening on the inside and snuck by them all in the stretch to win in 1:51.4. Card Knock Life finished second with Golden Gun settling for third money.
Poisonous is a six-year-old horse by Art Major. It was his fifth win in 2018 and his 16th win career. He paid $4.30 to win.
John MacDonald drove four winners on the night. He got his wins with Electraluck ($7.30), Pink Gardenias ($11.40), Western Toro ($6.00), and Brookdale Bruiser ($2.30). He is second in wins with 92 on the season.
Leading-driver Jimmy Whittemore and Truman Gale both drove three winners on the night. Whittemore got his other two wins with Frappe' ($3.80) and Gracie G ($3.70). He now has 98 wins at Vernon Downs this season. Gale won with Vegas Again ($5.40), Painite ($5.80), and Roaddog Jess James ($3.40). He is third in wins with 49.
Vernon Downs returns to live racing on Friday, Oct. 5 starting at 6:10 p.m.
(with files from Vernon Downs)