Fragment highlights NYSS event

Monticello, NY – The Glamour Division of the New York Sire Stakes, 3 Year Old Pacing Colts visits Monticello Raceway on Monday August 3. The 7 horse dash has a purse of $119,000. The elite group is headed by the top 2 point leaders in their division Fragment and Knoxville, also on tap are 2 division of the $20,000 Excelsior Stakes.

The Sire Stakes race is carded as Race 8, Fragment (PP5), the talented and well-bred son of of Huntsville – The Show Returns, an $80,000 yearling acquisition is trained by Per Engblom for owners Engblom Farm LLC, Doug Sipple and Peaceful Acre Farm.  The sophomore sidewinder has 2 Sire Stakes thus far with wins at Tioga Downs in 1:49.3 and just missed the track record at Saratoga with a 1:51.4 score and the 1 1/4 MGM Pace at Yonkers in 2:21.4, defeating recent Adios winner Al Papi. He is the seventh leading purse money earner for 3 year old colts with $234,400 in just 4 starts. His freshman season included wins in the Night of Champions NYSS Final, The Matron & The Big Apple, and a second place finish in his Breeders Crown elimination. Fragment will be driven by Jason Bartlett who already has driven winners to 2 new track records this season at the Mighty M.

Knoxville (PP6) will be driven for the first time by Brent Holland. The son of Huntsville-Let’s Fall In Love is trained by Raymond Schnittker. He is the divisions point leader, with Sire Stakes wins at Buffalo and Vernon Downs where he took his lifetime mark in 1:50.3 and an Excelsior win at Goshen  He defeated Fragment earlier in the year at Sire Stakes win Buffalo Raceway.

The track record for 3 year old pacing colts is 1:52.1 set by Kenneth in 2007, post time for the 11 race card is 12:10pm

For complete race entries, click here: US Trotting entries

From Monticello Raceway