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Thursday’s (June 2) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Vernon Downs, Hoosier Park and Cal Expo.

Fox Valley Sage scores in Vernon feature

Vernon, NY — Fox Valley Sage surged to a second straight score in Thursday night’s $10,000 featured 10th race at Vernon Downs.

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Fox Valley Sage (#4) was a narrow winner on Thursday.

Fresh off a 2:01 tally at Yonkers Raceway on May 27, Fox Valley Sage ($11.60) rallied from second in the final strides to nip the oncoming Blueridge Betty (last week’s winner in this Fillies and Mares Open Pace) by a head in a 1:54.4 effort. Hidden Touch, who led for most of the mile, was a tight third.

Trainer Ralph Andersen did the driving for owner Stephen Farrell, Jr. as the 7-year-old bay daughter of Richess Hanover-Pink Cadillac secured her 23rd lifetime victory and increased her all-time winnings to nearly $260,000.

With Frank Davis driving for trainer Deedra Johnson, the pacer Rosa Villa became the initial four-time winner at the Downs this season following a front-striding 1:57 outing in Thursday’s fourth race. That tied her at three with fellow pacer P L Comestowin and the trotters Jezzy and The Kentuckian for the longest winning streak after 19 programs. Donald Stockwell and Steven Guido own the 8-year-old mare, who has achieved 19 lifetime victories and $226,822 in official prize money.

Davis also delivered a 1:57.2 triumph with the pacer Acadiana in the ninth event that gave him a double during Thursday’s 11-race program.

Second-leading driver Frank Milby (My Girl Lora and Mach Hula) also carded a pair of first-place finishes during the evening.

— Jim Moran

Hoosier Park
Trace Tetrick earned five wins on the Thursday program at Hoosier Park. The 24-year-old reinsman has been consistently climbing the charts and his recent success has placed him in second on the list of leading drivers for 2011. Tetrick started off his five-win evening with a win behind Genesis Mercury in the first race. He was also a winner in the second race with Cole Heat followed by a win with Realiscape in the sixth race. Paco Labrook was a winner in the ninth race for Tetrick followed by Hillcrest Domingo in the 13th and final race of the night. Tetrick now has 68 wins through the first 46 nights of racing. He trails leader Peter Wrenn by 16 wins. Wrenn is seeking his third straight title in 2011.

Cal Expo
Conditioned-claiming pacers, racing for a purse of $3,200, were featured on Thursday night, in which Got The Giggles won for the incredibly hot handed Luke Plano. Owned and trained by Robley Johnson, Got The Giggles ($5.00) was much the best by 2-3/4 lengths in 1:54, a lifetime best. Myra’s Hi Ho was a nice first-over second and Marlin Hanover finished another three-quarters of a length farther back in third. For the 31-year-old Plano, the triumph was one of five on the eight-race program.