The Floyd Duncan Stakes

 Most of the pre-race attention for the first stakes race of the year was directed toward Ned Allard's Rippling Return, who won last year's edition of The Floyd Duncan, but lots of morning work by Winston Thompson with Yasou Stable's Special Jule resulted in an easy win for the Assimakopoulos' color bearer.  Special Jule registered a nine length victory in an eye popping 1:12.4.

Easy Victory for Special Jule

The Private Terms Stakes

Talk about fast! The Anthony Pyliotis owned Pelican Beach flew to the lead and never looked back, registering a six and one half length victory in The Private Terms Stakes. Despite extreme cold the speedy gelding clocked a 1:11.17 while registering his 11th win from 22 lifetime starts. 

Dyn Panell guides Pelican Beach to an easy victory in the Private Terms Stakes

The Collegian Stakes

Several years ago Tony Esposito was a student at the University of Rhode Island working on a degree in Research Development. After a trip to Kentucky for a job on a golf course he fell in love with horse racing. Tony's first stakes win came aboard Formal Escape in this year's edition of The Collegian Stakes for three-year-olds. Formal Escape was making only his second lifetime start, his first being a win over Farmer In The Dell at Rockingham last summer. Congratulations to Tony and the connections of Formal Escape, the Anastazia Enterprises and Golden Eye Stable.  

First Stakes victory for Tony Esposito

Formal Escape and Tony Esposito win The Collegian Stakes

The Yankee Fashion Stakes

With a come from behind running style that suited the track condition Donald Colapietro's I'mbackinaction caught the heavily favored Yasou Doc's Angels to record a neck victory in this sprint stakes for three-year-old fillies. It was so cold out that the last race was cancelled following the Yankee Fashion. 

A frosty win for I'mbackinaction

I'mbackinaction catches Yasou Doc's Angels at the wire

The Waquoit Stakes

This year's edition of the race named for the local hero who beat Broad Brush in The 1987 Mass Cap provided another exciting finish. Ken Logan's Yaegar battled with Paul Mattes' Storm Wreck the length of the stretch to gain a hard fought victory. Jockey Vernon Bush noted after the race "I would definitely say the MassCap could be an option for this horse." 

Suffolk CEO Bob O'Malley reviews the field

Yaegar and Vernon Bush (inside) battle Storm Wreck and Taylor Hole in The Waquoit Handicap

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