Undefeated Trump De Vie wins again

Trump De Vie (Devious Man) continued his magical harness racing run at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Monday afternoon (May 8).

The Jackie Cantine-trained trotter has been simply sensational in 2023 and on Monday won for the seventh consecutive time when he parlayed a pocket trip to victory in a $15,000 leg two of the John Mongeon Sr. Memorial trotting series.

Trump De Vie began his season in March by rattling off back-to-back scores after getting pocket rides but ever since, the three-year-old has been doing it in wire-to-wire fashion for Saratoga Hall of Fame driver Frank Coppola Jr.

After paying $9.90 to win in his semi-upset in leg one, Trump De Vie was the betting public’s 3-5 favorite on Monday when he cruised past his race’s leader to prevail in 2:00.3 en route to moving his ’23 record to seven-for-seven.

TRUMP DE VIE REPLAY

Coppola also piloted the Cantine-trained Sweet El Diablo (Lazarus N) to a Monday score as that young pacer rattled off his third straight victory for his red-hot connections when he prevailed in a $9,500 pacing event on the matinee card.

The winner of the other $15,000 division of leg two of the John Mongeon Sr. Memorial Trot was City Of Hope (Mel’s Hall) who overcame post eight to secure the upset at odds of 12-1 with Jimmy Devaux piloting for trainer Dave Dewhurst.

City Of Hope’s score in the afternoon’s finale was the second on the day for his connections as Primo Uomo went wire-to-wire in his division of the Dr. Richard Frank Memorial pacing series on Monday. City Of Hope is owned in partnership by Dewhurst and Philip Hale.

CITY OF HOPE REPLAY

Live racing continues on Tuesday afternoon at Saratoga with a first post set for noon.

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by Mike Sardella, for Saratoga Raceway