$115,000 up for grabs in NYSS on Monday

Monticello, NY – 3-Year-Old Trotting Fillies will be competing at Monticello Raceway on Monday August 17 when the seventh leg of the New York Sire Stakes visit the famed Catskill Mountain oval. 15 fillies were entered; the Sire Stakes contest is worth $115,000 with 5 starters with 2 divisions $20,000 Excelsior Stakes on the card also with 5 starters.

The dash for cash is a 5-horse race worth $115,000, Who Dares Wins (PP4) will be driven by Johnathan Ahle for trainer Ake Svanstedt , The Chapter Seven – Inspired By Life sophomore scored in a Sire Stake event earlier this season at Saratoga Raceway in 1:56.4 and won her division and Buffalo Raceway in 1:56.2, she has seasonal earnings of $100,737.

Sharp Seven will start from the rail and will be driven by Matt Kakaly, the Chapter Seven – Lookin Sharp filly is looking to regain her freshman form where she was five-time winner and earned $400,000 for trainer by George Ducharme.  She is owned by Purple Haze Stables LLC from Fairport, NY. Thus far this season she has 3 wins, scoring a Sire Stakes victory at Saratoga in 1:55.4 and has banked $98,075.

There are also 2 heats of the $20,000 Excelsior Stakes, there is an SRF owners’ entry of Modesty Blaise (PP4) and Myths And Legends (PP5).

It also pits the top 2-point earners in the division against each other. The top point earner is Bar Hall Beauty (T. Buter) will score from post position 3, the Mets Hall – Bar Bar Bar filly is a 3-time Excelsior winner taking her record at Vernon Downs in 1:55, she has earnings of $42,625 for trainer Nick Devita. Myths and Legends (PP5) the full sister to Chimpanzee 1:50 was a $375,000 yearling purchase is also 3-time Excelsior winner with wins at Batavia, Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs where she picked up her lifetime record of 1:55.1

Post Time for the is 12:10pm

For complete race entries, click here: US Trotting entries

From Monticello Raceway