by Mike Sardella, for Saratoga Casino Hotel

Saratoga Springs, NY — Dan Daley’s Aces And Eights (RC Royalty) spent the majority of his summer racing in the New York Sire Stakes. The 3-year-old trotter came to Saratoga Casino Hotel last week to compete in the feature for New York sired trotters. Aces And Eights made a break in that start as the public’s 6-5 betting favorite.

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Aces And Eights was a 1:56 winner on Thursday.

Daley returned to town on Thursday afternoon (Nov. 2) with Aces And Eights who once again wound up as the public’s choice as he competed in the $11,250 co-feature for trotters. This week, the sophomore stayed flat and wound up overpowering his rivals to the tune of a 15 length victory.

Aces And Eights, who is both trained and driven by Daley, opened up a big lead early on and saw that lead grow throughout the mile before stopping the timer in 1:56 in the dominant score. It was only the second victory of the year for Aces And Eights.

The other co-feature was won by Bob Dill’s Coastal Region (RC Royalty) who went wire-to-wire in 1:59.1 over a track labeled ‘good’ with Jay Randall in the sulky.

Live racing continues on Friday night at Saratoga with a first post time of 6:45 p.m.