One More Bet cruises to victory

One More Bet (Jimmy Whittemore) takes the $6,500 featured fillies & mares’ pace at Vernon Downs on Saturday (June 13).

Better Double Flip (Leon Bailey) flies to the quarter in :26.1.  She slowed things down with a :29.2 second quarter and was first to the half in :55.3.  One More Bet ($11.74) made her move heading to the final turn and took and led to three quarters in 1:24.3.

As they reached the stretch One More Bet found another gear and cruised home to win easily in 1:52.4.  Live N Thrive (Chris Long) came up late to finish second.  Better Double Flip had to settle for third.

ONE MORE BET REPLAY

One More Bet is a 5-year-old mare by All Bets Off.  She is owned by Joe Pisarski and trained by Whittemore.  It was her second win this season and her 11th career victory.

Jimmy Whittemore had a diving triple and a driving double.  Leon Bailey had a driving double.

Vernon Downs returns to live racing on Friday (June 19) 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