Monticello: NYSS train stops in the Catskills for the final time this season

The Swan Song for the 2025 New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) program at Monticello Raceway will be heard as the last leg of Sire Stakes will occur on Monday, August 25, when Two-Year-Old Filly Pacers close out the season. On tap are two heats of Sire Stakes worth $52,500 each and two divisions of the $20,000 Excelsior Series.

In the first division, charted as race two, is a five-horse contest worth $52,500 ans Odds On Enigma (PP2 – M. Kakaley) has been installed the morning-line favorite. She has one NYSS win to her resume with a score earlier in the year at Vernon Downs where she earned her speed badge of 1:54 2/5. The Huntsville offspring is trained by Scott DiDomenico and has earned $66,870 going into this contest. Trainer Roland Mallar brings his Miss Genie Mae (PP 3 – J. Bartlett) to the fray and she is seeking her second Sire Stakes blanket of the season.

The second heat of Sire Stakes (Race Eight) pits the number one and two-point earners in the division against each other. Odds On Monetary (PP4 - M. Kakaley) is the top point earner as she sports an impressive body of work with three Sire Stakes wins and two place finishes for trainer Travis Alexander. She has a two-race win streak with recent wins at Batavia and Saratoga and clocked a record Sire Stake win at Vernon Downs in 1:55 1/5. Liberty Style (J. Bartlett – PP 2) scored a win in this class in her last outing at Batavia in 1:55 3/5. The Huntsville lass is trained by Andrew Stafford.

The Excelsior Stakes offers two heats, each vying for a purse of $20,000, carded as races four and six with the first heat featuring a bulging field of nine horses. Onaorchardhunt (PP3 – T Buter) is looking to extend her win streak to three after victories at Batavia and Sarasota for trainer Nifty Norman. In the other heat, Roland Maller brings in the undefeated Patriot Miss (PP 1 – T Buter). The American Ideal filly sports an unblemished resume of a perfect five-for-five and she has earned $50,000 thus far this season.

Post Time for the nine-race card is 12:10 p.m.

-edited release (Monticello)