Monti won the first of two $7,500 steps along with April Hill High, who led at every station before turning for home and breaking away by 4-¾ lengths to win in 1:59.4. April Hill High ($7.48) is owned by EL Dorado Stables and Mike Torcello and trained by Sam Smith.
APRIL HILL HIGH AND DREW MONTI REPLAY
Monti, Smith and El Dorado later reunited for a laugh for a photo with Mcnatural L (2:03), who surprised bettors with a $31.54 payout. Monti completed his triple with Kristen Torre’s Albright (2:01.4, $9.34), who tripled to a narrow victory.
Kyle Cummings’ winners started heavily backed with Carl Cummings’ Mc Man (2:00.3) paying $4.04 and Tulsa Bell (2:02.1) paying $5.86. But he ended his threesome seriously overlooked with Fashion On A Star (2:00.4), which paid a whopping $54.24. Tulsa Bell and Fashion On A Star were a training double for Tammy Cummings, who equaled Sam Smith for top conditioning honors on Tuesday.
The other $7,500 co-featured pace was won by Ilikemebettor A (Matty Athearn), who gained a live second lead behind Woodmere Fenn (Leon Bailey) in pursuit of Mach Silver (Brett Beckwith) down the stretch before tipping over and heading off to the front line two ahead in 1:59.1, which was the fastest mile of the day that was fraught with arctic temperatures, 40 MPH gusts and sustained snow showers.
Ilikemebettor A ($6.54) is owned by Bob Kluchevitz and trained by Zach Gray.
IKEMEBETTOR A REPEAT
In the fourth race of the card, the venerable Mr. Cool Seaeyre N his fifth win in a row going back to last year, which was also his 67th lifetime score. He continued unabated in 2:02.4 and paid $3.18 for owners Alex Brandstatter Jr. and Candace Brandstatter-Hall, who also trains the 14-year-old phenom.
Live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Thursday (January 22) at 3pm
Free full card history performance programs for every live card of racing in Batavia can always be downloaded from The Downs website (bataviadownsgaming.com) under the ‘Live Racing’ tab. Then you can watch all the races live for free as they happen on the Batavia Downs YouTube page.
For full race results, click here: American trotting results.
Through Tim Boyarskifor Batavia Downs
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