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Layton Hanover Wins 3rd Straight, Green Grand Slam Monday10/21/2024 6:47 PM - Layton Hanover ($3.60, Montrell Teague) overcame an overland route for a decisive 1:52.3 win in the featured $22,500 Free-For-All Pace Monday at Harrington Raceway. Owned by David Rovine Stable, Ctc Stable and Mike Hall, the 5-year-old Captaintreacherous gelding was outside the entire mile before clearing the lead in the top of the stretch and drawing away from the field for his 9th win of the season. Mack was second with Ats Hanover third. Trained by his co-owner Hall, it was his 3rd straight triumph. It was one of two wins for Teague on the card, who maintains a 2 win lead over Corey Callahan in the driver standings. After the 5th race, Bobby Glassmeyer’s Sweet Angel Boy was honored as the Delaware Valley Chapter of the United States Harness Writers’ Association’s Horse of the Meet. The 6-year-old Sweet Lou gelding won 10 races at the meet and was a near unanimous selection after winning 2 of the track’s biggest races, the $50,000 Governor’s Cup and $50,000 Bobby Quillen Memorial. Jason Green drove 4 winners on the card, 3 of which were for trainer Chuck Crissman Jr. Meanwhile Crissy Crissman-Bier trained 2 winners on the card and maintains a 7 win lead over Joe Columbo in the trainer standings with 2 nights remaining in the meet. Live racing will continue through Wednesday (post time 4:30 p.m.).
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