Monticello, NY — While many of the upper echelon New York sired fillies were absent due to competing in the Delvin Miller Memorial over the weekend at The Meadowlands, Sister Mary Maude made short work of a short field Monday afternoon (July 15) in a New York Sire Stake event for 3-year-old trotting fillies at Monticello Raceway.

The four-horse contest was worth $111,400.

Sister Mary Maude, the heavy 1-9 favorite, ambled away from the gate with driver Joe Bongiorno in no great hurry. She eventually made the top past the opening panel of :28.2 over Sadbirdstillsing (Jason Bartlett).

From that point she controlled the tempo through moderate splits of :58.4 and 1:28.2. She was well in command throwing down a last quarter of :28.1 to seal the deal by 2-1/2 lengths in 1:56.3 over the pocket sitting Sadbirdstillsing and Hippie Shake (Tyler Buter).

The Crazy Wow–Perfect Mass filly is trained by Ron Burke. It was her second consecutive NYSS win and pushed her season’s earnings to $171,790.

Also contested were three $20,000 divisions of the $20,000 Excelsior Stakes.

The first heat saw Nymeria and Buter, starting from post four, take the lead just past the brisk first quarter in :28.2 and they were left alone uncontested the remainder of the mile. The favorite Communion Money was never a factor and Nymeria cruised home a 3-3/4 length winner in 1:56.4. Travis Alexander trains the Chapter Seven–Zette Minx filly.

Dozen put forth the most impressive mile of the afternoon. After sitting fourth during the early part of the mile while the 4-5 favorite Central Park (Tyler Miler) cut splits of :30 and 1:01, Buter tipped his filly to the outside after Central Park and  Dozen began to make up a lot of ground very quickly. By the top of the stretch she was three lengths from the leader. The Nancy Takter trainee blew right past Central Park for the win in 1:59.1. For Dozen (Chapter Seven–Sequin), it was her first seasonal pari-mutuel start and win for owner Diamond Creek Racing.

Erin (E L Titan–Blurred) and Dan Daley took the final Excelsior dash with a wire-to-wire effort in 1:58 for owners Ann-Mari Daley, Donald Brenner and Jared Daley.