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Ken Weingartner<\/p>\nKen Weingartner<\/p>\n
Hightstown, NJ<\/strong> \u2013 After opening his campaign with back-to-back wins, including a victory over stablemate and returning Dan Patch Award-winner Maryland, Super Chapter will look to capture the first jewel in the Trotting Triple Crown when he faces four rivals in Friday\u2019s $300,000 Grade 2 MGM Yonkers Trot at MGM Yonkers Raceway.<\/p>\n Super Chapter, trained by Marcus Melander, will start from post one with driver Dexter Dunn and is the 2-5 morning-line favorite in the event for 3-year-old trotters. Melander is a two-time winner of the Yonkers Trot, with the colt Gimpanzee<\/a> in 2019 and the filly Joviality S in 2022.<\/p>\n In his most recent race, June 13 at Vernon Downs, Super Chapter defeated Maryland by 1-3\/4 lengths in a career-best 1:50.4 in an $87,250 division of the Empire Breeders Classic. The time is the second fastest of the season by a 3-year-old trotter.<\/p>\n The son of Chapter Seven<\/a>-Lifetime Pursuit opened his season on May 26 with a four-length win over Monserrate in 1:53.3 in a $59,100 division of the New York Sire Stakes at Vernon.<\/p>\n Eliminations for the Yonkers Trot, which had been scheduled for June 20, were unnecessary as all five entrants advanced directly to the final at the half-mile oval.<\/p>\n \u201cI was happy there was no eliminations, we could go straight to the final and not have to race him three weeks in a row,\u201d Melander said. \u201cThe two races at Vernon were great, and he\u2019s doing well after the last race. Everything looks good.\u201d<\/p>\n Last year, Super Chapter hit the board in nine of 11 races, winning five and banking $521,260. He was second in earnings among freshmen trotters, behind only Maryland at $1.22 million. His victories included a division of the International Stallion Stakes and the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series final, both at Lexington\u2019s Red Mile. He finished second to Monserrate in the Valley Victory Stakes at The Meadowlands to cap his campaign in late November.<\/p>\n His mark of 1:52 was only one-fifth of a second off the season\u2019s best for a 2-year-old trotter.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was a great horse last year already,\u201d Melander said. \u201cEarly last year, he showed a lot of potential; he was a fast horse. He\u2019s always been a horse that\u2019s very professional out on the track. He\u2019s so easy to handle, he\u2019s so easy on himself, and very nice to drive. You can put him on the front, he can chase horses down, he never gets grabby or anything like that. He goes around any size track. He has everything you need to be a good horse.\u201d<\/p>\n Super Chapter is owned by Jeff Snyder and Arthur Pronti. The colt was purchased under the name Lorax Hanover for $300,000 at the 2023 Standardbred Horse Sale. His mom, Lifetime Pursuit, won the 2014 Hambletonian Oaks.<\/p>\n Melander also will send out the morning-line second choice in the Yonkers Trot, Variegated at 3-1. The son of Chapter Seven<\/a>-White Cheetah will start from post three with Scott Zeron in the sulky.<\/p>\n Variegated opened his season with a win in the $100,000 Grade 3 Battle of Bunker Hill at Plainridge Park on May 15, then romped to a six-length victory in a career-best 1:52.3 in a division of the New York Sire Stakes at Vernon. In his most recent outing, he finished second to Chat Room in a division of the Empire Breeders Classic.<\/p>\n Last year, he captured the New York Sire Stakes championship for freshman male trotters at Yonkers Raceway. He has hit the board in nine of 11 lifetime starts, winning four and earning $324,798 for owner S R F Stable.<\/p>\n \u201cSuper Chapter is the favorite, and he should be, but Variegated is not a bad horse,\u201d Melander said. \u201cHe jogged in the sire stakes in (1):52 at Vernon. He wasn\u2019t as sharp in his last start, I don\u2019t really know why, but he seems good training and he\u2019s gone around half-mile tracks before, so he\u2019ll be all right there.\u201d<\/p>\n Chat Room, who will start the Yonkers Trot from post four with Tyler Buter driving for trainer John Butenschoen, is the 6-1 third choice.<\/p>\n The Yonkers Trot is followed in the Trotting Triple Crown by the Hambletonian Stakes (Aug. 2 at The Meadowlands) and Kentucky Futurity (Oct. 5 at the Red Mile).<\/p>\n Yonkers on Friday also will host the first jewel in the Pacing Triple Crown, the $200,000 Grade 2 MGM Grand Messenger Stakes for sophomore pacers. Twisted Destiny, who won one of last week\u2019s two eliminations, is the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the final. He will start from post three with Dunn driving for trainer Chris Ryder.<\/p>\n In addition, there will be two $50,000 divisions of the Grade 3 Park MGM Pace for 3-year-old fillies and two $60,000 divisions of the Grade 3 New York New York Mile for sophomore trotting fillies. Monalishi, an O\u2019Brien Award winner in Canada last year, is among the horses in the New York New York Mile. It will be her first time racing anywhere other than Woodbine Mohawk Park. <\/p>\n Racing begins at 6:45 p.m. (EDT) at Yonkers. The Yonkers Trot is race seven on the 11-race card, followed by the Messenger as race eight. 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Super Chapter will look to stay unbeaten this year when he meets four foes in the $300,000 Grade 2 MGM Yonkers Trot. Mike Lizzi photo.<\/p>\n