Newberry Winner lived up to his name with a strong first-place finish in Tuesday night’s $3,570 featured pace at Vernon Downs as he was an impressive 1:56.1 winner.
Leaving from the inside post position in Tuesday’s sixth race, Newberry Winner darted into the lead and never looked back en route to the triumph over eight rivals on a track made sloppy by electrifying afternoon storms. The 1 1/4-length score was the third at the meet for the 3-year-old daughter of Village Jove, owned by Rocco Manzi and Paul Tandlmayer. Jimmy Whittemore did the catch-driving for trainer Lonny Hale.
In a fast-closing performance for driver Dave Fisher and his wife, trainer Mary Fisher, Butterscotch Swirl captured Tuesday’s $3,570 top trotting test. Sixth at the half, the 4-year-old gelding rallied overland and closed from third in the homestretch to defeat Wild Goose Lodge by 1 1/4 lengths in a 2:02.1 mile. It marked the first tally in six current attempts for the son of Credit Winner, who is owned by the Two Peas In A Pod Stable.
Chip Zombick earned his first driving victory since suffering a badly broken ankle and wrist in a Vernon racing mishap early last fall when he teamed the pacer Miss Robin’s Magic to a career-best 2:01.2 victory in Tuesday’s first race for owners Myron Ekstein, Mike and Bill Pozefsky.
Adam Capizzano took the lead in the meet’s provisional driving derby with a 1:58 triumph behind the Purple Haze Stable’s pacer Rodeo Man in Tuesday’s seventh race. It was the fourth score this season for Capizzano, who has a one win edge over Don Simmonds and Chris Lems.
Dave Dewhurst enjoys a 21-20 advantage over Lonny Hale in total wins among trainers at the Downs this season. (Vernon Downs)
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