Two Nevele Pride elims

Two $25,000 elimination divisions for Monticello Raceway's Nevele Pride Stakes for 3-year-old trotting colts will go to post on Monday to determine the eight horses that will come back the following Monday to compete in the $338,000 final.

Headlining the first $25,000 division is the Dexter Cup winner Manfinity, owned by M And L Of Delaware Inc. and trained by Larry Rathbone. On May 5, Manfinity won the Dexter Cup in 1:58.2 and his most recent effort was a 1:57.3 triumph at Vernon Downs on May 31.

The son of Malabar Man currently has three wins and one second in four seasonal starts and has drawn the rail. He’ll be driven by Monticello native George Brennan, who returns to his roots.

Green Day arguably will supply the stiffest competition in that split. The Enjoy Lavec colt will come into the event off a 1:54.1 victory in a New Jersey Sire Stakes race at the Meadowlands in his last start on June 7 and already has four wins this year.

Owned by Trillium Racing Stable of New Holland, Pa., and trained by Jim Raymer, Hall of Famer Cat Manzi will handle the lines and start from post position seven.

 The second $25,000 split features the outstanding sophomore trotters Hitwiththeladies and Mythical Lindy.

Hitwiththeladies, a son of Giant Hit, was the 2-year-old New York Sire Stakes freshman trotting champion and earned over $195,000. He has already been victorious this year in a time of 1:56.1 when he copped a division of the Empire Stakes at Vernon Downs on May 19. In his last outing, Hitwittheladies finished second in a $66,552 NYSS division here at Monticello Raceway on June 5.

Hitwiththeladies, owned and trained by Allan McCarty, has drawn the coveted rail position and will be driven by John Flanigen.

Mythical  Lindy, a SJ’s Caviar colt in from the Midwest, bankrolled $298,000 and earned a 1:57 freshman record last year, and is two for two already this season.

Owned by Thomas York Jr. and Joe Sbrocco, and trained by Jim Arledge, Mythical Lindy won in 1:56 at Hoosier Park on June 2 and came back on June 9 to score in 1:56.3 at the Meadows in a Currier & Ives division.

David Miller will handle the driving chores and leave from post position seven.

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