Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Tuesday night crowned four The Stallion Series two-year-old champions
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First up was the $40,000 finale for two-year-old trotting fillies with longshot Migisi (David Miller) going wire-to-wire from the seven post. Migisi went off at 32-1 and returned $67.20 for a $2 wager.
Miller and Migisi survived a judge’s inquiry for possible interference at the wire when the winner edged Avista Hanover (W. Mike Wilder) and third-place finisher Madam Stacey (Brian Sears).
Time of the mile was 1:59.4 with the fractions reading :27.3, :58.4 and 1:28.3 for Migisi. The winner, trained by Jan Johnson, was winning for the third time in eight starts in 2010.
Next up were the two-year-old pacing fillies and this race went to the Virgin Mary, piloted by Matt Kakaley for trainer Ron Burke. Virgin Mary, winning for the second time in six life starts, headed out Hurrikane Marni (George Napolitano Jr.) at the wire.
Virgin Mary stopped the timer in 1:55.1 for a new life mark.
Kakaley said everything lined up well for him in the race and that his filly did it all on her own coming down the stretch.
Twincreeks Jewel (Tim Tetrick) finished third to the Virgin Mary, a two-year-old Village Jolt filly out of Sistermarymargaret.
Big And Little, driven by Dave Palone, routed the eight-horse field to win the colt and gelding trot with a life mark of 1:56.4.
Winning for the second time in six starts, Big And Little won by 10-1/4 lengths. Second-place went to Quantum Bushman (Eric Goodell), a 99-1 longshot, with the third-place finisher being Georgian Diablo (Kakaley).
William Zendt trains Big And Little.
Tetrick won the fourth and final $40,000 The Stallion Series finale with two-year-old gelding pacer Draconian.
Draconian, trained by Ben Stafford, also produced a new life mark in this race with a winning time of 1:53.3.
It was a two length win over Jackson Killean (Greg Grismore) with Town Treasure (Kevin Sizer) closing fast for third.
Draconian won for the third time in six starts in 2010.
“He’s a waiting-kind of colt and likes pressure,” Tetrick in the winner’s circle. “There wasn’t any pressure until coming down the lane.”
Draconian grabbed the lead shortly after the opening quarter from Jackson Killean after a :27.1 opening split. The winner got to the half in :56.4 and three-quarters in 1:25.2.
(Pocono Downs)