Milleniums Girl wins Vernon feature

Milleniums Girl (Royel Millenium, $4.60) captures the $6,000 featured fillies & mares’ harness racing pace on Friday (Oct. 6).

Milleniums Girl led to the quarter in :26.0. Grant Me This (John MacDonald) took the lead going down the backstretch and was first to the half in :54.4. Grant Me this was still in control getting to three-quarters first in 1:23.3.

As they made the turn for home Milleniums Girl made her move first-over and took the lead in the stretch. Prairie Magical (Dan Harvey) came flying late but had to settle for second money as Milleniums Girl won in a lifetime best of 1:52.3. Ellegant Noelle (Jimmy Whittemore) and Jeannie’s Terror (Tom Merton) finished in a dead heat for third.

Milleniums Girl is a 5-year-old mare. She is owned by Chris and Dale Lawton while trained by David Dewhurst. It was her third win this season.  She now owns 13 career victories.

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Aaron Byron had a driving triple. Frank Affrunti, John MacDonald, and Jimmy Whittemore had driving doubles.

Live racing returns to Vernon Downs on Saturday (October 7) with a 11-race card starting at 6:05 p.m.

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

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

by John Horne, for Vernon Downs