Monticello, NY – Tony Verruso and Christopher Petrelli each were victorious in their respective splits in the North American Amateur Drivers Association trotting series today (July 14) at Monticello Raceway. Verruso scored with Winneress in 2:00.1 in the first $6000 division while Petrelli and Katlin And Coke scored in 2:00.2 in the second split.

In his division Verruso sent Winneress to the lead as the wings of the mobile gate folded and they had command as the quarter mile timer flashed :29.3. “I had planned to follow Alan (Schwartz with Raceace) who had the pole but when Raceace went off-stride before the start I found myself on the lead as we headed to the quarter,” And that was a big break for us since Alan’s horse was the one to beat.”

Once on the lead Verruso cruised by the half in 1:00.3 two-lengths in front. Still handy on the lead Winneress trotted by that standard in 1:30.3 and when they rounded the final turn and headed for paydirt Verruso braced for challenges, and they came but none could overtake the pacesetter and Winneress zipped home a solid one- length winner. Because of a racing infraction second place was awarded to With Our Luck (Joe Lee) and Cinnamon Stick (Bob Krivelin) was moved-up to third.

Verruso owns the winner who is trained by Simon Spicer. He paid $4.60 to win.

In the second split Chris Petrelli also used the front-end when he sent Katlin And Coke to the lead and they showed the way by the quarter in :28.3 and they were comfortable by the half in :58.2. With the fast early fractions no one took aim at the leader and when they trotted by the third stanza Petrelli’s trotter was the one to catch. But no one could and Katlin And Coke cruised home a 2:00.2 winner.

Fashion Possessed rallied to be second for Tony Beltrami while Joe Lee took home the show dough with Coco Hall.

Owen Eiler, Jr trains the winner for the Bada Bing Stables. Sent off at odds of over 5-1 Katkin And Coke paid $13.00 for win.