Five-star performance from John MacDonald

John MacDonald drove five winners on Saturday (May 27) at Vernon Downs while capping it off by winning the featured $7,500 trot with Discus Hanover.

In the feature Discus Hanover (Credit Winner, $6.00) pushed open the gate and led to the quarter in :27.3.  He used a :29.0 second quarter and led to the half in :56.3.  He started to open things up as he was first to three-quarters in 1:25.2.

As they made the turn for home Match My Miracle (Frank Affrunti) went all out but couldn’t get close to Discus Hanover who won easily in 1:54.2.  Match My Miracle had to settle for second.  Lepanto (Barton Dalious) finished third.

Discus Hanover is a 6-year-old gelding .  He is owned by Phillip Hale and trainer David Dewhurst.  It was his third win this season and the 35^th win of his career.

MacDonald and Dewhurst teamed up for two more wins on the night with Kisses From Above ($4.60), and Sweet Sofie T ($5.30).  MacDonald got his other wins with Zapaca ($3.50), and Somelucksomerock ($9.80)

Vernon Downs returns to live racing on Memorial Day (5-29) featuring four divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 3-year-old trotters.  Also on the card is the return of the mini-horse races.  The 12-race card starts at 12:15 p.m.

For more information, go to www.vernondowns.com.

For complete race results, click here.

by John Horne, for Vernon Downs