Trio scores Mighty M hat trick

Billy Dobson, who came to Monticello Raceway after a career racing in Michigan, was one of three drivers who scored three winners on the Tuesday afternoon card at the New York racetrack. Joining Dobson was Jordan Stratton and Greg Merton.

 

Dobson started it with a 1:58 victory with Moen Stables' Blue Collar Worker ($2.20) in the first race and then he came back to win the sixth with Mary Starkley’s Pumpkin Eater ($6.20) in a 1:58.1 clocking. Dobson's final victory on the card was a 2:01.4 triumph with Steve Moore’s My Mate Larry ($15.20)  in the 12th.

 

Not to be outdone, Stratton scored a hat trick of his own. His first victory came in the third race when he guided Dean Malin’s Cool Operator ($54.50) home first in 1:58.3 and then he won the fifth race with Mike D’Abbraccio’s, Behind Enemy Lines ($5.50) in a 1:58.2 clocking. Stratton’s last victory  of the day came in the  11th race when he won with Josh Wharton’s Yankee Vigilante (2.80) in 2:00.

 

Merton's first winner on the card came in the second race when he guided Greg Decker’s Full Of Heart ($7.90) to a 1:58.4 triumph. He reached the winner's circle again in the 10th race with a 1:58.3 victory with Barry Charles’ Noble Wabbitt ($21.80). Merton’s final triumph on the card came in the  13th and final race when he reined Joe Trice’s Sun Beau Slick ($10) to victory in a time of 1:59.3.

 

Though the aforementioned drivers didn’t leave much for the rest of the local colony, Bruce Aldrich Jr. did manage two victories (Monticello)