Adamczyk coasts in NAADA Trot

MONTICELLO, N.Y.— Andrew Adamczyk delivered 1-9 favorite K J Kyra (Donato Hanover) with a pillar-to-post harness racing job to win the $7,500 North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday (Nov. 13).

Leaving from post 4, Adamczyk fired K J Kyra off the wings and cleared command to a :30.2 first quarter, parking Campbellini (driven by Dante Scattolini) in the process.

Campbellini continued to pester K J Kyra through a 1:00 half and to three-quarters in 1:29.4 before faltering from the wide trip.

All the while Adamczyk kept his charge on the muscle and widened his margin on the spin for home, opening an advantage capped at 4-1/4 lengths by the beam in a 1:59 mile.

Mufasa As (McKenzie Sowers) gave chase from a pocket trip for second while Fair Glider (Robert Ciavardini) followed suit in third as did Hillofa Knockout (Robert Krivelin) in fourth.

Gary Messenger trains K J Kyra, a 6-year-old mare by Donato Hanover, for owner Scott Woogen. She paid $2.20 to win.

K J KYRA REPLAY

The NAADA fall trotting series concludes next Thursday (Nov. 21) with a $20,000 final at Yonkers Raceway. First-race post time at Yonkers is 7 p.m. (EST).

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Ray Cotolo, for the NAADA