Thursday July 9 Recap

July 9, 2026

The afternoon’s card was 11 races that saw Lauren Tritton drive 3 winners from her barn, Precious Gemma1:57.4 -$2.38 – Lochinvar Matilda 1:54.2 -$2.14 and then the finale with Vivians Wish in 1:58.2 -$8.88, all 3 are trained by Shane Tritton. Jason Ricco had a pair of driving and training wins with Gardys Legacy in 1:57.2 -$12.90 and with the 1/9 favorite Zander in 1:57.2 -$2.26

We are all used to see Jim Taggarts name listed as a driver, but today we saw him as on owner of Barrywhite Hanover who scored for Taggart in his first start for him in 1:58 -$ 11.84.

Greg Merton reeled off 3 consecutive winners with favorites aboard Vinovio 1:56 – $4.48, Scootnroll 1:57 – $3.04 & Record Year in 1:57.4 -$2.20, Jennifer Petrelli had a pair of training wins, Jim Taggart Jr had a driving double.