by Michael Chamberlain, Vernon Downs publicity

Vernon, NY — The draws for the Empire Breeders Classic finals were held on Saturday (May 31) at Vernon Downs.

The winners of the eliminations from Friday were able to select their own post positions for the finals. In the 3-year-old filly final, Avalicious will be in post four as part of a Leigh Raymer-trained entry with Winning Pursuit. Crediama won the other elimination and selected post two.

The complete post position draw from inside-out for the 3-year-old filly final is Glowngold, Crediama, Annies List, Avalicious, Beauty Of Gray, Driving Miss Crazy, Winning Pursuit, Cut Up Hanover, and Slice Slice Baby. There are two also eligibles with Lady With Credit the first also eligible and Maud Blue Chip the second.

In the 3-year-old colt final, Karets selected post position number three and Expressive Action will be right alongside after picking post number four.

The complete post position draw for the 3-year-old colt final from inside-out is Daley Lovin, Hallenet, Karets, Expressive Action, Cash For Gold, Cashamattic, Rocky De Vie, Wild And Crazy Guy, and Crazzycrazzy. As in the filly final, there are two also eligibles. Mister B’s Way is the first also eligible and Elegante Attire is the second. Mister B’s Way suffered an unfortunate break right near the end of his elimination and was disqualified from fourth to fifth, costing him an automatic berth in the final.

The Empire Breeders Classic finals will be part of a special Sunday night program at Vernon Downs on June 8. First post that night will be 6:45 p.m.