For A Dancer remained undefeated in four season’s starts (two at Vernon) with a career-best 1:54 effort in the $239,500 EBC filly flight, while Archangel lowered his win-mark for the second straight week with a sizzling 1:53.1 triumph in the $233,250 EBC colt clash.

Former Downs regular Jeff Gregory was again behind the favorite For A Dancer ($3.40) in Friday’s sixth session as the bay daughter of Conway Hall-Fluttering Wings followed Borrow And Spend off the starting gate, took the lead before the half, reached in :57.4, and continued on to a two-length tally over the closing Fortunista.

It was the 12th score (coupled with a second and a third-place finish) in 15 lifetime starts for the career-winner of $436,879, who is trained by Joe Holloway and owned by the Bluestone Farms. She trimmed one-fifth of a second off the former 1:54.1 Vernon standard for her class, which was set by George Steinbrenner’s Personal Banner in the 1996 Breeders Crown final.

Archangel ($3.10), who has collected three of his four straight victories over Vernon’s 7/8ths-mile oval, improved his current record to four wins and a second-place finish in five starts with a lifetime-fastest 1:53.1 showing in race nine.

The black son of Credit Winner-Michelle’s Angel was eased off the gate in fourth place by driver Jim Morrill, Jr., took the lead with a sweeping overland move in the second quarter, and, when challenged by the pocket-sitting Coraggioso in the final furlong, accelerated to a 1-3/4 length triumph.

The time clipped 3/5ths-of-a-second off the previous Downs standard that Archangel has posted with an elimination tally here on June 1. The career winner of $288,701 now sports seven scores in 18 lifetime outings for part-owner/trainer Peter Arrigenna and his partners, Alan C. Hainsworth and Clare M. Semer.