Sweet Sofie T wins Vernon feature with grand slam driver MacDonald

Driver John MacDonald gets a grand slam including a harness racing win in the $5,500 featured trot with Sweet Sofie T (Conway Hall) on Saturday (Aug. 5) at Vernon Downs.

In the feature American JJ (Michael Miller) led to the quarter in :29.2.  He used a :30.2 second quarter to be first to the half in :59.4.  SVF Cash Deposit (Barton Dalious) came first-over and battled with American JJ all around the final turn.  American JJ was first to three-quarters in 1:29.1.

SWEET SOFIE T REPLAY

As they reached the stretch second place finisher American JJ shook off SVF Cash Deposit.  Sweet Sofie T ($15.40) squeezed through along the pylons and slipped by to win in 1:58.0.  Katkin Morgan (Jimmy Whittemore) finished third.

Sweet Sofie T is a 6-year-old mare.  She is owned by Regina Dewhurst and trained by David Dewhurst.  It was her fifth win this season and her 20^th career victory.

J-Mac got his other wins with Freak On A Leash ($6.00), Billy V ($3.30), and Sgt Papa Daddy ($3.30).

Vernon Downs returns to live racing on Friday (8-11) at 4:00 p.m.

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

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

by John Horne, for Vernon Downs