by Nick Salvi, for Vernon Downs

Vernon, NY — The glamour boys hit town this Thursday when the 3-year-old colt pacers roll into Vernon Downs for a New York Sires Stakes event worth a total of $132,975.

A total of 27 colts and geldings were entered resulting in three even divisions of nine, each for a purse of $44,325. The undercard offers five $12,800 Excelsior divisions for the same group.

While the first two divisions, carded as the fourth and sixth races, feature some nice, solid pacers, the ninth race drew the most heat. That division boasts two division winners from the Yonkers leg in Sir Cary’s Z Tam and Bet The Moon, along with Rooney winner Doctor Butch and Fool Me Once, who won his North American Cup elimination in 1:48.1 a few weeks back, then came fourth in the $980,000 final.

This one sets up in a fashion that may well threaten Coral Snake’s 1:50.1 Vernon Downs track record for sophomore pacers, perhaps even He’s Gorgeous’ all-age standard of 1:48.3. Both were established over the razor sharp seven-eighths-mile strip just last year.

First post Thursday is 6:45 p.m. Visit the Vernon website for more information.