Charlie De Vie tied the season’s standard for two-year-old trotting colts, while John Pauls Legacy equaled the all-time track record for aged trotting horses during Friday night’s 12-race program at Vernon Downs
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Charlie De Vie bullied his way to a front-striding 1:58.2 personal-best record while capturing Friday’s $10,000 fifth race, the male division of the Kindergarten Classic Series for freshman high-steppers. It was the first career win for the brown son of Yankee Glide-Knickers Hanover, who is driven and trained by Oyvind Hegdal and owned by the Joie De Vie Farm.
In Friday’s $11,000 sixth session, John Pauls Legacy also led from start to finish for catch-driver Jimmy Whittemore, stopping the timer in 1:55.1 to capture the week’s premier Miracle Mile class for representatives of the diagonal gait. It was the fifth season’s score and 17th lifetime victory for the five-year-old son of Credit Winner-Amore Vita, who is trained by Angus Mac Donald and owned by Emil Benvenuto.
Charlie De Vie’s mile equaled the current colt trotting mark, set by Surface Tension on Aug. 12, while John Pauls Legacy tied the all-time horse trotting record, established by Fight Cheer in 1999.
Divisions of the Kindergarten Classic Series for two-year-old filly trotters – each worth $10,000 – went to the maiden-breaking duo of Lady Pixie (2:02.1) and Sacred Saint (1:59.4).
(Vernon Downs)