Monticello: Chapter Geo J, Read The Room prevail in New York Sire Stakes

The New York Sire Stakes circuit made its last stop of the year at Monticello Raceway on Monday, and Read The Room and Chapter Geo J won the pair of divisions that took place for 3-year-old male trotters.

Chapter Geo J (Jason Bartlett) lowered the track record for a sophomore colt trotter to 1:55 1/5 in the second $58,000 split. Highway Six (Jeff Gregory) led early, but Chapter Geo J advanced to take the top spot on the way to the 28 1/5 quarter. From there, Chapter Geo J reached the half in 58 1/5 and the three-quarters in 1:27 2/5 before he closed in 27 4/5 to win by 2 1/4 lengths. Seven Grand (Ake Svanstedt) was second from first-over and Highway Six wound up third.

Noel Daley trains Chapter Geo J, a Chapter Seven colt bred by Lester Beechy, for owner Ken Jacobs. Chapter Geo J has five wins, five seconds and two thirds from 15 outings, has pocketed $228,194 and paid $3.66 to win.

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Back in the first $56,900 test, Read The Room (Svanstedt) won by a length in 1:55 1/5 after he led through fractions of 29 2/5, 59 and 1:27 3/5. Twin B Seven Sins (Bartlett) was second off a two-hole trip and Sevenato (Trond Smedshammer) finished third.

Svanstedt also trains and co-owns Read The Room with partners Little E LLC., B Nasstrom Holding Inc. and Nils J Munkhaugen. The Winbak Farm-bred Read The Room has a summary of 6-1-5 from 18 appearances, has banked $254,150 and returned $2.24 to win.

One $20,000 New York Excelsior Series race was won by Lou John's Action (by Chapter Seven and bred by Ab Svensk Reklamfinans, paid $11.02 to win) in 1:59 1/5 for driver Jeff Gregory and owner/trainer John Grasso.