Bailey has a five win Saturday

Driver Leon Bailey had five harness racing wins including the $8,500 Open Pace with Triple Sevens (Rockin Image) at Vernon Downs on Saturday (May 16).

Merrow (Chris Long) grabbed the lead and led to the first quarter in :27.0.  Triple Sevens ($9.96) used a burst of speed to take the lead heading down the backstretch.  He was first to the half in :55.4.  He maintained the lead to three quarters in 1:23.3.

As they reached the stretch third place finisher Merrow came all out after the leader as second place finisher War Of Will (John MacDonald) made a three-wide move, but Triple Sevens held firm and won in a lifetime best of 1:51.3.

TRIPLE SEVENS REPLAY

Triple Sevens is 5-year-old gelding by Rockin Image.  He is owned by Rocco Stebbins and trained by Joe Skowyra.  It was his fifth win this season.  He now has 11 career victories.

Bailey got his other wins with True Seelster, Ralphneddie, Get Down, and Primo Uomo.  Joe Sokwyra and David Dewhurst had training doubles.

Vernon Downs returns to live racing on Friday (May 22) with a post time of 5:05 p.m.

For more information go to www.vernondowns.com.

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

by John Horne, for Vernon Downs