Triple for Huckabone includes premier trot

Da Boogie Man (RC Royalty, Justin Huckabone) gobbled up the featured $7,700 Open Trot at Vernon Downs on Monday (July 4).

Spoiler Alert (Frank Affrunti) took the early lead.  Da Boogie Man ($4.70) made his way to the front just before hitting the first quarter in :28.1.  Discus Hanover (Truman Gale) was first to make a move going first-over as they headed for the backstretch.  As he started to close in Discus Hanover went on a break.

Da Boogie Man used a :29.0 second quarter to get to the half first in :57.1.  As they headed for the final turn Discus Hanover got going again and made a challenge but went off-stride again as Da Boogie Man was first to three-quarters in 1:26.0.

As they made the turn for home Spoiler Alert came all out but couldn’t get close to Da Boogie Man who stopped the clock in 1:55.4.  Spoiler Alert had to settle for second as Poker Play (Dan Daley) came up to finish third.

Da Boogie Man is a 5-year-old gelding.  He is owned by Room4040 LLC Stables and trained by Huckabone.  It was his sixth win of the season and his ninth career victory.

J-Huck had two more driving wins on the card and they were both with trainer Kerin Warner.  They got their wins with Quaker Hill ($5.00), and Nanuet ($6.50).

Live racing returns to Vernon Downs on Friday (July 8) with a post time of 6:05 p.m.

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by John Horne, for Vernon Downs