Natameri romps in at Vernon

Natameri (American Ideal) (John MacDonald) easily won the $8,500 featured Open harness racing Pace at Vernon Downs on Saturday (Sep 14).

Natameri ($2.10) went straight to the lead and led to the quarter in :26.1.  He slowed things down using a :29.4 second quarter to be first to the half in :56.0.  As they rounded the final turn he just breezed to three-quarters in 1:24.0.

As they reached the stretch Natameri just took off and left everyone in his dust and won easily in 1:51.0.  Galactic Storm (Jimmy Whittemore) came up to finish second.  Le Massif (Steeven Genois) was third.

NATAMERI REPLAY

Natameri is a 6-year-old owned by the Purple Haze Stables and trained by Jessica Okusko.  It was his fourth win this season.  He now has 24 career victories.

Jimmy Whittemore and Frank Affrunti had driving triples.

Vernon Downs returns to live racing on Friday (September 20) starting at 6:05 p.m.

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

by John Horne, for Vernon Downs