Monticello, NY — Monticello Raceway will host its first New York Sire Stakes event of the season on Monday (June 6), when the 3-year-old pacing fillies take the stage.

On tap are two divisions of NYSS events and four Excelsior events, for a total of more than $175,000 in purses. Two stellar fillies, Joyride Hanover and Gotthegreenlight, are among the participants. Both competed successfully last season on the Grand Circuit and NYSS.

The first division of the NYSS is race one with a purse of $57,000. The morning line favorite is Gotthegreenlight, who will score from post position three in the short, five-horse field. The daughter of American Ideal torched the Buffalo Raceway oval in her last start, setting a new track record 1:52.2. Jason Bartlett will drive.

In the second division, worth $58,100 and carded as race eight, six contestants will compete, with Joyride Hanover as the morning line favorite. She set the track record last year for 2-year-old pacing fillies at Monticello Raceway at 1:54.2. She will start from post five and will be driven by Bartlett for trainer Nifty Norman. She was a winner in her last start in NYSS action at Buffalo, where she won in 1:55.3. Last year, she banked $184,958 and has earned $32,554 thus far this season. Eric Good owns the American Ideal filly.

Valar Dohaeris (post two) was sharp in her last two winning outings, where one was a mark of 1:52.4 at Pocono. Mark McDonald will drive for trainer Ake Svanstedt.

Last season, Patsville (post four) raced in the Excelsior class. This season she steps up in class for trainer John Butenschoen. Tyler Buter will handle the driving chores.

Jacana (post six) and Su Su Sussudio (post four) are among the contestants in a $15,000 Excelsior event in race three.

Nadina Hanover earned a new mark at Yonkers two starts ago when she won in 1:53.1. Bartlett will drive her in race five, in another Excelsior division.

Mark Ford has an entry in the third Excelsior spilt (race seven) with Clear The Way (post one) and Twenty Grand (post four).