Driver Brian Sears and trainer Marcus Melander combined for four wins including two New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) races as Vernon Downs played host to New York Sire Stakes action for two-year-old trotting colts & geldings on Friday afternoon (July 22).
Jack Vernon scored back-to-back victories in the Select trot at Dover Downs on Tuesday night (Dec. 15).
Jack Vernon and Whimzical Chapter left alertly at the start of the race. Jack Vernon was parked to the quarter before eventually clearing for the lead. Jack Vernon, the four-five race favourite, set fractions of :27.3 and :56.2. Northern Express, angled off the pylons from third and trotted first up past the half. The three quarters were reached in 1:24.3, a :28.1 third quarter.
At the top of the stretch, Jack Vernon inched away from a frustrated Northern Express and won by three-quarter lengths in 1:52.3, a lifetime mark for the Muscle Hill-sired seven-year-old.