Dream On A Roll upsets at 18-1 in Vernon feature

18-1 Dream On A Roll (Roll With Joe) and driver John McDonald captured the $6,500 featured fillies & mares’ harness racing pace at Vernon Downs on Friday (July 7).

Dream On A Roll ($38.40) went straight to the front and led to the quarter in :27.2.  She used a :29.4 second quarter to be first to the half in :57.1.  Party Queen (Barton Dalious) came first-up going around the final turn.  Dream On A Roll led to three-quarters in 1:25.1.

As they made the turn for home everyone had a shot.  Second place finisher Party Queen gave it everything she had but the longest shot on the board, Dream On A Roll dug in and won in 1:53.3.  Special Olivia (Steeven Genois) finished third.

Dream On A Roll is a 7-year-old mare owned by Todd Santoro and trained by Gary Gibson.  It was her third win this season.  She now owns 18 career victories.

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Barton Dalious and Jimmy Whittemore each had driving triples.  Joe Nassimos had a driving-training double.  Gibson had a training double.

Live racing returns to Vernon Downs on Saturday (July 8) with a 12-race card matinee featuring the Dr. Harry S Zweig Memorial races plus two divisions of the New York State Sire Stakes (NYSS) for sophomore pacing fillies starting at 12:15 p.m.

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For complete race results, click here.

by John Horne, for Vernon Downs