Starcelona ties 1:55.1 stakes mark in Hayes Memorial

Starcelona tied the 1:55.1 stakes record and set a national season’s record in capturing the $51,000 Hayes Memorial 2-year-old filly trot Friday afternoon at the DuQuoin State Fair.

Brent Holland was in the bike as the Muscles Yankee filly scored her first victory in her second start for trainer Erv Miller and owners Perretti Racing Stable and Black Horse Racing.

Holland and Miller were back in the winner’s circle in the $48,000 Hayes Memorial 2-year-old colt and gelding trot after Express Glide powered to the victory in the home stretch in a career-best 1:56.3. Jack and Peggy Hood, Ken Duffy and Mystical Marker

Farms own the Yankee Glide colt.

In the $41,000 Hayes Memorial 2-year-old filly pace Hawaiian Drunk drew away from the field in the lane for a 1:52.4 victory with David miller in the bike. The daughter of I Am A Fool  won for the third time in four starts for trainer Mark Harder and Bulletproof Enterprises.

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