Chatelroll (Frank Affrunti) catapulted to an easy win in the $7,000 Open Pace at Vernon Downs on Saturday (July 3).
Dreams Beachboy went straight to the front and led to the first quarter in :26.3. He used a :27.3 second quarter to lead to the half in :54.1. He continued the blistering pace with a :27.0 third quarter. He was first to three-quarters in 1:21.1.
Chatelroll ($2.60) was last at the half and moved up to fourth at three-quarters. As they made the turn for home, he looked like he was shot out of a cannon. He came zooming by Dreams Beachboy like the gelding was standing still. Chatelroll won in a lifetime best of 1:49.2. Bruces Magic moved up to take second. Peggy J finished third.
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Pickup Man Hanover scored his first career victory and also set a new track record along the way in his $33,600 division of the New York Sire Stakes for two-year-old colt and gelding pacers at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday evening (June 30).
Covering the mile in 1:56.1, Pickup Man Hanover (Billy Dobson) eclipsed the long standing divisional mark of 1:56.3 established by Roadside Delight in July 2010.
Other Sire Stakes winners included Hurrikane Chuck (Jim Morrill Jr.), who toured the Buffalo Raceway half-mile oval in 1:57, and JD (Mark MacDonald) posted a mild $10.20 upset with a 1:56 gate-to-wire score.
Pickup Man Hanover sat in third until just after the opening panel and breezed past El Pistolero, hitting the half in :59.4 over a fast track. After several breakers scattered the field, Pickup Man Hanover was more than able to hold off a mild bid from El Pistolero (Greg Merton) in the stretch. Jitterbug Flip (Fern Paquet Jr.) finished fifth, but was moved up to third via a pair of