Fast Choice (Courtly Choice-Fashion Guru, Doug McNair) captured the $110,100 harness racing leg of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 2-year-old pacing colts & geldings on Saturday (August 17).

Fast Choice fastest in $110,100 NYSS 1 — **Fast Choice winning the sole New York Sire Stakes dash (Fotowon Photo)**

Silent Weapon (Tyler Buter) charged out of the gate and was first to the quarter in :26.4. Thirsty Thursday (Matt Kakaley) took over control heading around the first turn. As they headed down the backstretch Fast Choice ($6.90) spurted by and led to the half in :54.0. He remained on top getting to three-quarters first in 1:23.2.

As they reached the stretch it was down to the two unbeaten pacers. Second place finisher Thirsty Thursday came all out after Fast Choice. Fast Choice dug in as Thirsty Thursday kept coming. Fast Choice won in a lifetime best of 1:50.3. Holt Hanover (Ray Schnittker) finished third.

Fast Choice is a 2-year-old gelding trained by Jared Bako for owners Ashley Bako and Randy Zane. He is now four for four.

FAST CHOICE REPLAY

Jimmy Whittemore drove three winners and was trainer for two of them. John MacDonald had a driver-training double.

Awol Hanover (Donato Hanover, Steve Reisenweaver) won the Angus MacDonald Memorial Trot. The 10-year-old gelding is owned by Reisenweaver and trained by Jeff Byron.

Fast Choice fastest in $110,100 NYSS 2 — **Awol Hanover and connections after winning the Angus L. MacDonald Memorial (Fotowon Photo)**

Vernon Downs returns to live racing on Friday (August 23) starting at 4:00 p.m.

For more information, go to www.vernondowns.com.

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

by John Horne, for Vernon Downs

Fast Choice fastest in $110,100 NYSS

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