Cory Stratton wins 4 – Awol Hanover takes Open Trot

December 29, 2021

On a fog encrusted afternoon Cory Stratton started off hot winning both half’s of the early Daily Double with PC Foreign Affair 2:01 – $3.60 and King Of Heroes N 1:57.4 – $16.20.  He would also score aboard Swancredit 2:01.3 – $5.40 and Awol Hanover in the Open Trot.

Awol Hanover (Cory Stratton) couldn’t be found in the fog, but he did find the winners circle in the Open Trot, scoring by a head over Crazycat and Cinnamon Stick in 2:00.1.

On today’s card there were a pair of 14-year-old trotters making their final career start, going out a winner was Watkins who scored in 2:02.2, in his career the 14-year-old son of Striking Sahbra earned an impressive $1,030,000 with 60 trips to the winner circle with a record of 1:53 taken when he was 9, he was driven to victory by Greg Merton, he is trained and owned by Michael Annunziata.

Also in the same race and finishing 3^rd was the durable Aruba Vacation with career stats of lifetime earnings of $659,000 and a record of 1:53.2 and with 48 wins, the son of Dream Vacation was bred, owned and trained by Guy Howard.

Greg Merton had a driving double and trainer Bo Sower has a pair of winners on the afternoon.