In the $617,880 Two-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Trot, Valley Victory winner Lucky Chucky was the 9-10 favorite over 3-2 Pilgrims Taj, winner of the Pennsylvania Sires Stakes, and 9-1 Wishing Stone, winner of the Bluegrass last out. Magic Fruit went to the early lead through 1/4 in 28 1/5 before Temple of Doom took over through 1/2 in 57 4/5. John Campbell kept Lucky Chucky out wide early in fourth, then asked him for run on the far turn. Lucky Chucky took over the lead at the top of the lane through 3/4 in 1:26 3/5, but Magic Fruit fought back to regain a 1/2 length advantage in mid stretch. However, Pilgrims Taj, wide back in 6th early, closed wish a rush down the center of the track to pass them both late to get the win by a length in 1:57 1/5. Lucky Chucky pulled in front of Magic Fruit late to get second by 1/4 length.
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Winning driver Mike Lachance said, "On the backstretch I couldn't keep up to (Lucky Chucky). He was trotting too fast for what I wanted to go with my horse. But I didn't care if I was on the outside on the last turn. My horse loves that. When you hit a horse like that, the horse hits you. We just got lucky to be involved with a horse like that."
Co-owner Robert Bongiorno added, "I groomed horses for nothing, trained horses for many years, owning horses is a thrill for me. It's just a great thrill for me tonight. I hope they don't have a video of it. We were crazy in the stands, we thought we had a good shot to win but the bias was against us, the wind blowing in the horse's faces. Thank God he overcame it."
