Archon breaks through in $112,100 New York Sire Stakes

Archon (Dan Daley) captures a $112,100 leg of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for freshmen colts & geldings trotters on Sunday (August 16) at Tioga Downs.

Archon ($13.20) got the early lead and crossed the first quarter pole first in :28.0.  Hypersonic (Ake Svanstedt) took command with a lap to go and was first to the half in :57.1.  Archon came first-up down the backstretch and reclaimed the lead and led to three quarters in 1:26.0.

As they reached the stretch second place finisher Uncle Rob (Andy Miller) went all out after the lead, but Archon was too strong and captured his first career victory in 1:54.4.  Bigtime Chapter (Mattias Melander) finished third.

ARCHON REPLAY

Archon is a colt by Chapter Seven-Queen Paige.  He is trained by Daley for owners James Crawford IV. Timothy Drag, and Rich Preziotti.

Braxten Boyd and Mitchell Cushing had driving hat tricks.  Leon Bailey had a driving double.  Michelle Warner and Cam Capone had training doubles.

Tioga Downs returns to live racing on Friday (August21) starting at 6:15 p.m.

For more information go to www.tiogadowns.com.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by John Horne, for Tioga Downs