Bythemissal was able to get the best of Beach Glass in the 2022 Delvin Miller Adios three weeks back, but Beach Glass got his revenge in the 2022 Max C. Hempt Memorial Final on Saturday (Aug. 20) at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono as part of the star-studded Sun Stakes Saturday card.
While much of the attention will be focused on the second leg of trotting’s Triple Crown on Saturday (August 6) at The Meadowlands for Hambletonian Day, a field of eight pacing colts and geldings will vie for the second leg of pacing’s Triple Crown the Cane Pace.
A pair of fillies dropped into the box of the Hambletonian eliminations to try and become the third to beat the boys in the last five years and the 16th in the history of the event. Focus centered on Marcus Melander pupil Joviality S in the second $100,000 elimination on Saturday (July 30) at The Meadowlands until Jiggy Jog S stole the spotlight in the final yards.
The "Glamour Division" of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) was well represented on Wednesday night (July 27) at Batavia Downs as 14 top three-year-old pacing colts and geldings bred in the Empire State lined in two $59,200 contests.