Vernon Downs will host eight $50,000 New York Excelsior “A” finals on Saturday, Sept. 11.
In the final for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings, the morning line favourite at 3-2 is the Timothy Dickie-trained Southwind Rifle (Brian Cross). The gelding by Devious Man-Raising Roxanne is three-for-five lifetime.
Patsville (Tyler Buter) is the top choice in the final for two-year-old pacing fillies. John Butenschoen trains the filly by Huntsville-Major Master Piece. She has reached the winner’s circle four times in her career.
The Julie Miller-trained entry of Je Suis Si Belle (Andy Miller) and Adjure Hanover (Braxten Boyd) are the 3-5 morning line choice in the final for two-year-old trotting fillies. Je Suis Si Belle is a filly by Chapter Seven-Somebody To Love. She has picked up two wins in four starts. Adjure Hanover is a filly by Chapter Seven-Anonyme Hanover. She has three wins and two seconds in five starts.
Tony Alagna trains Shakertown (Jason Bartlett), who is the morning line favourite in the final for freshman pacing colts and geldings. The colt by American Ideal-Shake That Junk has won two of his five career starts.
The entry of Barn Hall (Braxten Boyd) and Creditrina (Trond Smedshammer) are the 7-5 morning line choices in the final for three-year-old trotting colts and geldings. Steven Pratt trains Barn Hall, a colt by Conway Hall. He has four wins this season and eight victories in his career. Creditrina is a gelding by Credit Winner. Trained by Smedshammer, he has four career wins.
The entry of Therewasthisgirl (Tyler Buter) and So Amazing (Wally Hennessey) are the even money morning line favourites in the final for three-year-old pacing fillies. The So Surreal fillies are trained by George Ducharme. Therewasthisgirl has four wins this season after being winless as a two-year-old. So Amazing has six wins this season and has reached the winner’s circle 10 times in her career.
Marcus Melander trains the entry of Izzy Demsky (Mattias Melander) and Insured AM S (Braxten Boyd) in the final for three-year-old trotting fillies. The duo are the 3-2 morning line favourites. PCzzy Demsky is a filly by E L Titan. She has four wins this season and seven career victories. Insured AM S is a filly by Chapter Seven. She has two wins in 2021 and has been to the winner’s circle three times in her career.
The 3-1 morning line favourites in the final for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings are the Paul-Kelley trained entry of Icangogo (Wally Hennessey) and Surrealin (Matt Kakaley). Icangogo is a gelding by American Ideal. He has two career wins. Surrealin is a gelding by So Surreal. He has five career victories all in 2021.
The 12-race card starts at 6:10 p.m. Fireworks follows live racing.
(Vernon Downs)