Monticello, NY - If Michael Merton looked at his horoscope today it would have told him that today was going to be a good day, as on the 10 race card Merton won 4 of them.
The harness racing quadruple began in race 2 from the 8 hole aboard Brutally Lucky who was just that, the 2 longest shots on the board finished 1-2 Brutally lucky paid $59.50 with the 65-1 Paradise Paintball finishing second, the 8-5 exacta returned $1,195 and the 8-5-3 Triple came back at $4,912.
Fast forward to race 5, The New Americana (PP3) scored a wire to wire win in 1:57.4 - $6.00 to notch his 4th of the year. In the following race it was with Bliss And Luck (PP5) who used the catch me if you can tactic to win in 2:00 - $2.50.
In the last race of the day Michael scored with Fox Valley Charliz in 1:56.1 - $4.60, the win gave trainer Andrew Adamczyk a training triple on the card.
Young gun Brandon Parker also drove 2 winners on the day.
By: Shawn Wiles