Saratoga Harness: Svanstedt cleans up in NYSS with Seven Grand, Read The Room

Three-year-old colt and gelding trotters took center stage on Tuesday at Saratoga Casino Hotel. There were two divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for sophomore trotters that served as co-features, going for purses of $82,500 and $81,000, respectively. Ake Svanstedt swept the double-feature as he piloted his trainees Seven Grand (Chapter Seven) and Read The Room (Chapter Seven) to victories on the matinee card.

Svanstedt got a pocket ride for Seven Grand, who raced as part of an entry on Tuesday, and the sophomore high-stepper trotted past the race's favorite Highway Six (Jeff Gregory) in the final strides to secure the victory in 1:55 3/5. Svanstedt completed the daily double sweep when his Read The Room took advantage of his inside post draw to cut the mile, holding off pocket-sitting Titans Mischief (Matt Kakaley) and major danger Chapter Geo J (Jeff Gregory) en route to scoring in 1:54 4/5. For Read The Room, it was win number three in eight seasonal tries en route to over $140,000 in earnings.

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Live racing resumes on Saturday evening at Saratoga with a 6:45 p.m. (EDT) first post.

--press release (Saratoga Casino Hotel)--