Plainville, MA — The third $15,000 Nauset Light preview race for 2-year-old pacers was held at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (Sept.19) and the Massachusetts-bred Seafood Beauty (American Ideal-Seafood Annie) was a runaway winner as she prepares for the upcoming $2.5 million Massachusetts Sire Stakes.

Seafood Beauty was a runaway winner in a prep for the $2.5M Mass Sire Stakes today at Plainridge. Tom Melanson photo.

Jay Randall left with Seafood Beauty and wrangled the lead away from fellow Mass-bred Wicked Scorchah (Jim Hardy) before the :28.1 half. Once on the point, Seafood Beauty got to the half in :57.4 with Hey Junior (Ron Cushing) on the outside, who continued to push the pace to 1:25.4 at three-quarters. Around the far turn, Seafood Beauty began to pull away from the pack and cruised home to victory by 5-1/4 lengths in a new lifetime mark of 1:55.2.

After returning from a midsummer respite following success in the New York Sire Stakes program, Seafood Beauty ($3.20) has now won two consecutive races for owner Seafood Delight Stable and trainer Nick Vamvilis.

Seafood Beauty will be competing in the 2-year-old pacing filly division of the Massachusetts Sire Stakes which begin at Plainridge Park on Sunday (Sept. 24).

Randall finished the day with two wins on the card along with Mike Stevenson.

There was also a $15,000 condition race for fillies and mares on Monday that saw Skyler Hanover won her sixth race of the year.

Skyler Hanover picked up a narrow victory this afternoon in the co-feature at the Ridge. Tom Melanson photo.

Quarrel (Pat Curtain) grabbed the early-lead but Skyler Hanover (Drew Monti) wanted the front and got it by the quarter in :27.1. However, that lead was short lived as Roaring Kitty (Jim Hardy) brushed to the top as the race passed the stands, and then crossed over before the :56 half. Positions remained unchanged until they spun out of the last turn where Skyler Hanover moved to the two-path and matched strides with Roaring Kitty all the way down the stretch. Skyler Hanover was able to gain a one-half length advantage at the wire and won in 1:52.2.

Skyler Hanover ($7.40) is owned by Eric Walstrom and David De Martino and is trained by Jimmy Nickerson.

Live racing resumes at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 20) with post time at 2 p.m. Free full past performance race programs for all live race days can be downloaded by visiting the track’s website at plainridgeparkcasino.com and clicking the “Racing” tab.