Monday October 19 Recap

October 19, 2026

Recently Savage LP has been a model of consistency, with 3 wins and 2 place finished in his last 5 starts, this afternoon the son of Chapter Seven earned a new lifetime mark of 1:59.4 with Jim Taggart Jr. in the bike for trainer Jim Doherty Jr.

The heavy favorite, Win And Dream scored in 2:01 – $2.10 (J. Taggart Jr.) for trainer and owner Steven Ray, it was the 8 year olds fifth seasonal win and upped his yearly earnings to almost $30,000.

Baby Tao made his first overnight start for the new connections of Raheim Strong and Scott Keppler a winning one by 4-length victory in 1:59.2 – $9.30. The Greg Decker trained Razzin Jazz (G. Merton) tripped the beam in 1:57.1 – $3.16.

The first 4 races were won by either Jim Taggart Jr. or Greg Merton, both drivers ended the day with a pair of driving wins on the 8 race card.