Five winners for Long

Driver Chris Long drove five winners on the card at Vernon Downs on Saturday (July 18).

Long finished first with Keg Party, Super Sarah, Captain Catch, Gascoigne AC, and Vel Who Said.  Long is having another great season at the Miracle Mile.

Bluesville (Rob Harp) charges late to grab the $8,500 featured Open Pace.

Galactic Storm (Jimmy Whittemore) took control just before hitting the quarter first in :28.0.  He used a :28.4 second quarter to speed to the half in :56.4.  He took them to three quarters in 1:24.4.

As they made the turn for home Bluesville ($7.98) made his move first-up grabbing the lead from third place finisher Galactic Storm.  Second place finisher Primo Uomo (Jeff Gregory) came flying late but Bluesville held on to win in 1:52.4.

BLUESVILLE REPLAY

Bluesville is a 7-year-old gelding by Huntsville.  He is owned by the Big Sky Ranch and trained by Harp.  It was his third win this season.  He now has 28 career tallies.

Vernon Downs returns to live racing on Sunday (July 19) with 14 stakes races featuring the $300,000 Zweig Memorial Open Trot for 3-year-olds with a special post time of 6:05 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