Tuesday September 15 Recap

September 15, 2026

The durable Rusty Beach found the inside post position to his liking this afternoon, he drew post 4 with regular pilot Tommy Merton at the helm. Kourageous Key cut the mile via splits of 28.2, 57.3 & 1:26.4 with Rusty Beach on his back throughout the mile. Smoking Hot Dude (K. Didenedetto) made his move at the ¾ marker, turning for home the favorite Rusty Beach found room along the rail to squeeze by and get the win in 1:55.3 -$4.32, the pacesetter Kourageous Key (G. Merton) was second followed by Vici (R. Silvestri III) for Rusty Beach it was his ninth seasonal win for trainer Richard Dunn.

Captain Dee Dee (G. Merton) extended his win streak to 4 in a row, eighth win on the year for Jennifer Petrelli. True North (M. Merton) broke her maiden with a 9 length win in 1:58.3- $3.38 as well as Calculated Risk a 2 year old son of Huntsville for Cory Stratton in 2:01.1 -$21.74. Ralph Silvestri III continue to climb the stats ladder, he is just 4 wins away from his next closest competitor Tom Merton for the seventh spot for leading dash wining drivers

Greg Merton and Bruce Aldrich Jr. each had driving doubles on the 10 race card