Vernon, NY — Keystone Tenacious and Dewey Arnold captured the co-features at Vernon Downs on Saturday (April 23).

Keystone Tenacious ($3.30, Mike Merton) fired late to win the $7,000 Open Pace.

Keystone Tenacious flew home from off the pace to win Saturday’s Open Pace at Vernon Downs. Fotowon photo.

Northern Rein (Chris Long) had a short early lead, but Lyons Pegasus (Justin Huckabone) took control just before hitting the first quarter in :26.1 and pulling the half back to :55.1. Northern Rein came first-up and battled Lyons Pegasus around the final turn, but Lyons Pegasus maintained the lead to three-quarters in 1:24.

As they made the turn for home, Northern Rein had wrestled the lead away, but it was short lived as Keystone Tenacious flew down the stretch to win easily in 1:51.2. Lyons Pegasus rallied back to get second; Northern Rein was third.

Keystone Tenacious, a 7-year-old gelding by So Surreal, is trained by Keven Reynolds Jr. for owners Anthony Sromovski and Kevin Reynolds. It was his first win of 2022. He now has 19 career victories.

Dewey Arnold ($2.20, Truman Gale) cruised to an easy win in the $7,000 Open Trot.

Credit List (Justin Huckabone) grabbed the early lead and controlled a :27.2 quarter before yielding to Dewey Arnold heading up the backstretch. Dewey Arnold led to the half in :56.2 and to three-quarters in 1:25.4. As they reached the stretch, he let out another notch and breezed to an easy win in a seasonal best of 1:54.1. Credit List held for second; Spoiler Alert (Frank Affrunti) was third.

Dewey Arnold is a 4-year-old gelding by Deweycheatumnhowe owned by Phillip Hale and trainer David Dewhurst. It was his fourth win in a row. He now has reached the winner’s circle 18 times in his career.

Frank Affrunti had three driving wins and Jeff Sorenson had three training wins on the card.

Live racing returns to Vernon Downs on Friday (April 29) with a post time of 6:05 p.m. For more information, go to www.vernondowns.com.