Joviality S became the first filly since Continentalvictory in 1996 to win Yonkers Raceway's MGM Yonkers Trot, taking the $280,904 final and the first leg of the Trotting Triple Crown for three-year-olds on Friday night in 1:53.1 to equal the track record for her division.
If either of last week’s MGM Yonkers Trot elimination winners, the filly Joviality S or the colt Justice, is going to capture Friday’s $280,904 final at Yonkers Raceway, they will have to overcome not only their rivals, but difficult starting spots.
Brave By Design braved rain and wind on a chilly afternoon at Freehold Raceway to win Saturday’s (May 7) $150,505 Dexter Cup for three-year-old male trotters by 1-3/4 lengths over Justice in 1:57.2 over a track labeled sloppy.
Ake Svanstedt captured the 2021 Hambletonian Stakes with Captain Corey and will begin the road to this year’s $1 million event on Saturday with Hambo hopeful Justice in the $150,505 Dexter Cup at Freehold Raceway in New Jersey.
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