Bailey, Huckabone record slams

Leon Bailey and Justin Huckabone each drove four winners as Kerin Warner trained four winners at Vernon Downs on Friday (August 27).

Bailey took the featured $5,000 trot with Spoiler Alert ($6.50).

Haveitalltogether (Chris Long) grabbed the early lead.  Cindy Michelle (John Stark) took over the lead just before hitting the first quarter first in :27.2.  Spoiler Alert made his move first-over as they headed for the backstretch.  Spoiler Alert led to the half in :56.3.  As they went around the far turn Haveitalltogether came first-up as Spoiler Alert easily led to three-quarters in 1:25.3.

Spoiler Alert was just cruising as they reached the stretch but started to tire at mid-stretch as Getting Serious came flying.  Spoiler Alert dug in and held on to win in 1:54.4.  Getting Serious was second best as Haveitalltogether finished third.

SPOILER ALERT REPLAY

Spoiler Alert is a 7-year-old gelding by Chapter Seven.  He is owned by Jeffrey Hayes and trained by Misty Carey.  It was his third win this season and the 19^th of his career.

Bailey’s other wins came with Lanjo Lee ($2.60), Phoenix ($3.00), and Ladyyouaregorgeous ($9.60).  Huckabone and Warner combined for their four wins.  They won with Fancy Knows ($13.00), Bet Big On Blue ($7.10), In The Cards ($9.50), and Quaker Hill ($10.80).

Vernon Downs returns to live racing on Saturday (August 28) with a 13-race card featuring the $325,000 Zweig Open for 3-year-old trotters as well as $140,000 Zweig Fillies Trot for 3-year-old fillies. Also on this fabulous card is two divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 2-year-old trotting fillies.  Post time is 6:10 p.m.

For full race results, click here.

by John Horne, for Vernon Downs