by John Horne, for Vernon Downs

Vernon, NY — Drea’s Good Powow (John MacDonald) captured the featured filly and mare pace ($9,000) at Vernon Downs on Thursday (Oct. 19).

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Drea’s Good Powow provides John MacDonald with one of his five winning drives on the evening.

Bye Bye Michelle (Chris Lems) would control all the early fractions of :26.4, :55.2 and 1:23.3. Drea’s Good Powow (Squaw’s Fella), who is owned by J P Stables and trained by MacDonald, would sit patiently in second almost the whole way. The 7 year-old mare would pounce out of the pocket in mid-stretch and blow right by to get the win in 1:51.3.

Bye Bye Michelle would hang on for second with Graceful Vision (Atlee Bender) third.

Drea’s Good Powow ($4.90) would get her eighth win of the year. She now has 27 career victories.

MacDonald, who is Vernon’s leading driver, would win five of the eight races on the night. His other wins came with Yule Love It ($3.90), I Saw Red ($4.70), Axios ($3.20) and Rockin Show ($5.60).

Live racing returns to live racing on Friday (Oct. 20) with a 10-race card starting at 6:45 p.m.

For more information go to www.vernondowns.com.