Hammer still reigns as king at York fair

They don’t call him “The King of the Pennsylvania County Fairs” for nothin.’ A day after Roger Hammer guided Alastor Hanover to a 1:55.3 all-age pacing track record at the York (Pa.) fair, he came right back to set two divisional track records and come within a fifth of tying the track trotting mark.

The squaregaiter in the spotlight was Pizzazzed, a sophomore son of Kadabra who toured the York twice-around in 2:01.4 in capturing a division of the FFA trot for trainer-driver Hammer and Fox Valley Standardbreds of Illinois.

The time shattered the 3YO colt trot mark of 2:02.2 co-held by Jet Ranger and Shark Kosmos, and came within a fifth of a second of an older Shark Kosmos twice trotting York in 2:01.3. Hammer of course drove Shark Kosmos-–just as he did in taking the other division of the FFA Trot Monday!

Alastor Hanover’s record mile came in the first race of the meeting; Hammer again showed himself to be a quick starter as he chauffeured the sophomore pacing filly Ty’s Artist to a 1:57.3 win in a division of the PA Fair Sire Stakes. The daughter of Real Artist, owned and trained as well as driven by Hammer, is out of the Western Hanover mare Ty Wish-–who was the previous divisional standardbearer at York with a 1:59.4 mark! (And no extra points for guessing who the driver of Ty Wish was, either.) (PHHC)

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