Unbeaten colts to battle for $110,100 NYSS dash

Vernon Downs plays host to a $110,100 harness racing leg of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 2-year-old pacing colts & gelding on Saturday (August 17).

The main event will feature two undefeated pacers, as unbeaten Thirsty Thursday (Huntsville-Tequilla Monday, Matt Kakaley) takes on unbeaten Fast Choice (Courtly Choice-Fashion Guru, Doug McNair) and seven others.  Both freshmen pacers are three for three.  They each have NYSS wins at Batavia, Yonkers, and Saratoga.  They both have banked $103,500 and both have a lifetime best mark of 1:54.3.

Fast Choice is a gelding trained by Jared Bako.  Thirsty Thursday is a colt trained by Travis Alexander.

It should be a great race.  Barring a dead heat at least one of them will not leave undefeated.

The 13-race card starts at 6:05 pm.

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by John Horne, for Vernon Downs