by Mike Sardella, for Saratoga Raceway

Saratoga Springs, NY — Freshman trotters took center stage for the second consecutive night at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway on Thursday (August 6) as the New York Sire Stakes took its filly division to the Spa city on a beautiful summer night.

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Streak’s winning time of 2:00.4 was the fastest in NYSS action on Thursday at Saratoga.

The first division of the 2-year-old filly stake would wind up being the fastest trotting event of the evening. Torgeir Hagmann put Streak on the front end while several of their rivals were making breaks behind them. It wouldn’t matter as the Credit Winner filly trotted away to an impressive 2:00.4 victory, winning by more than four lengths in the $37,302 stakes event.

Though Streak’s win would be the fastest of the evening, her stablemate Show Your Lindy’s victory was pretty impressive as well. Hagmann was patient with this Dream Vacation filly and she outtrotted her rivals with a fast final panel of :29.2.

Trainer Paul Kelley teamed up with driver Brian Mattison for a win on Wednesday night in the colt division of the stakes and they would again combine for a win on Thursday. Secret Credit trotted away to her second stakes win in just three tries this season with a five length romp in 2:02.

Two more daughters of Credit Winner would prevail on the evening as that sire would produce four of the five winners on the card. Munis Blue Chip (Ray Schnittker) and Madam Hooch (Mike Simons) were the other freshmen to prevail in the stakes circuit on Thursday night at Saratoga.

Live harness racing continues on Friday night with a first post of 7:20 p.m.