BATAVIA — Batavia Downs hosted the $2.4 million New York Sire Stakes Night of Champions on Saturday (Sept. 6) night with eight divisions vying for $300,000 each. The competition was solid across the board but two stars rose above the rest when the dust settled.
Per Engblom’s Fragment turned a lot of heads when he scorched the Batavia oval in 1:52.1 for driver Jason Bartlett and shattered the track record for 2-year-old pacing colts by one and two-fifths second. And it was only one of four wins for Bartlett, who also had one second and one third in his seven NYSS drives.
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