Vernon Downs will host three divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for two-year-old trotting fillies on Friday (Aug. 19).
Highly touted In Italian (Jordan Stratton) is the 2-1 morning line favourite in the $35,900 first division. Ron Burke trains the Chapter Seven-Hemi Blue Chip filly. She is searching for her first career win.
The Noel Daley trained Pride N Joy (Andrew McCarthy) is the 5-2 second choice. The E L Titan-Princess Lilly filly is coming off a Kindergarten stakes win at the Meadowlands.
The Jim Doherty Memorial winner, Instagram Model (Andrew McCarthy), is the 7-5 morning line favourite in the $35,900 second division. The Chapter Seven-Check Out Trixie filly is trained by Annie Stoebe. She has two wins in three starts and has amassed almost $180,000 in lifetime earnings.
Woolco (Tyler Buter) is the 7-2 second choice. Robert Krivelin trains the Chapter Seven filly out of Upside Hanover. She has NYSS wins at Monticello and Yonkers.
Ruth Honig (Tyler Buter) is the 3-2 morning line favourite in the $35,900 third division. The Chapter Seven filly out of Lady Grey is trained Lucas Wallin. She has two wins in three starts including a NYSS win at Monticello.
The unbeaten Kayleigh S (Brian Sears) is the 3-1 second choice. Marcus Melander trains the Chapter Seven-Pasithea Face S filly. She is three for three this season with NYSS wins at Yonkers, Batavia, and Saratoga.
The 13-race card starts at 6:05 p.m.
(Vernon Downs)