Huntinthelastdolar (Huntsville-Eighthunrdolarbill) was the lone pacer to win a New York Sire Stakes championship as a favorite Saturday (Sept 9), capturing the $225,000 final for 3-year-old colts and geldings by three-quarters of a length over Thunder Hunter Joe in 1:52 over a surface labeled "good" at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Its A Me Mario finished third.
There were two divisions of the Step Up To The Plate Claiming Series for trotters that served as co-features on the Monday afternoon (March 20) card at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The winners of the two divisions from last week’s first leg squared off with each other as Esa and The Royal Poze slugged it out for their share of the $22,500 leg two purse.