by Nick Salvi, for Vernon Downs

Vernon, NY — Headlining Saturday night’s (May 22) card (6:55 p.m. post time) at Vernon Downs will be four trotting eliminations for the 2010 Empire Breeders Classic.

Two divisions of both fillies and colts will each race for a purse of $12,500.

The colts will go postward in races three and six. The third race pits last year’s 2-year-old New York Sire Stakes final winner Blacktuxwhitesocks against six worthy foes, while the second division will see Simpson Memorial winner and new track record holder Whata Winner take on New Jersey invaders Stimulus, Celebrity Bluechip and Shaq Is Back.

Filly-wise, Impressive Kemp will try to move forward off an effortless score in last week’s Simpson in race four. Race eight finds nine evenly matched young ladies, the most accomplished being Munis Blue Chip who was the 2009 NYSS final champ for her gender.

The EBC finals will be a part of an afternoon card (1:15 p.m.) on Memorial Day, Monday, 31. The final purses, sponsored by the Agriculture & New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund, New York Stallion Owners and Tioga and Vernon Downs will be $235,900 for the colts and $234,900 for the fillies.

Visit www.vernondowns.com for more information.

Below are the fields for Saturday’s eliminations.

$12,500 3-Year-Old Colt Trot-Third Race
Post-Horse
1-Blacktuxwhitesocks
2-Big Stick Lindy
3-Strong Hope
4-Carbon Footprint
5-Came To Play
6-Waldorf Hall
7-He’smyman

$12,500 3-Year-Old Colt Trot-Sixth Race
Post-Horse
1-Boztheman
2-He’s So Savvy
3-Wicked Style
4-Celebrity Bluechip
5-Stimulus
6-Shaq Is Back
7-Captain Sully
8-Whata Winner

$12,500 3-Year-Old Filly Trot-Fourth Race
Post-Horse
1-Vicky Winner
2-To Lindy’s Credit
3-Miss Conway
4-Opaline
5-Impressive Kemp
6-Show Your Lindys
7-My Winning Way K
8-Reena
9-Chieftess

$12,500 3-Year-Old Filly Trot-Eighth Race
HN-Post-Horse
1-2-Viva Las Lindy
1A-4-Nothing But Moni
2-1-Sheezacredit
3-3-Nicole
4-5-Southwind Samurai
5-6-Madam Hooch
6-7-Amazing Adventure
7-8-Munis Blue Chip
8-9-Sweetspellosuccess