Father’s Day NYSS action at Vernon

Vernon Downs welcomes four harness racing divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 3-year-old pacing colts & geldings on Father’s Day Sunday (6-19).

The Julie Miller trained American Classic (American Ideal, Andy Miller) is the 5-2 morning line favorite in the $30,550 first division. After no starts as a freshman, the colt has three wins in four starts this season.

His top contender appears to be the American Ideal gelding Twin B Deluxe. He is coming off a NYSS at Saratoga. Trained by Andrew Harris, the gelding has four wins and three seconds in seven starts this season.

Ron Burke trains All About The Hunt (Huntsville, David Miller), who is the 3-1 morning line favorite in the $29,950 second division. The colt is coming off a second-place finish in his only career start boasting a time of 1:50.3 at the Meadowlands.

Hazeville (Huntsville, Mark MacDonald) is the 4-1 second morning line choice. The gelding is trained by John McDermott. He has three wins this season including a NYSS win at Saratoga.

Pleaseletmeknow (American Ideal, Matt Kakaley) by American Ideal is the 5-2 favorite in the $29,950 third division. The gelding is on a three-race winning streak including two NYSS wins. He has six career wins and is trained by Travis Alexander.

The Joe Halloway trained Early Action (Huntsville, David Miller) is the 3-1 morning line second choice. The 3-year-old gelding is zero for one in 2022 after a terrific freshman campaign that saw him win eight times and bank over $440,000.

The Garetch Dowse trained Kingsville (Huntsville, Jason Bartlett) is the 9-5 morning line favorite in the $30,550 fourth division.  The gelding has three wins this season and four for his career. 

The 12-race card starts at 12:15 p.m.

For complete race entries, click here.

by John Horne, for Vernon Downs