Plainville, MA — Yonkers Raceway regular Rock Diamonds N brought his ‘A’ game to Plainridge Park on Monday (July 15) and dominated the field in the $14,000 Winners-Over Handicap en route to the fastest win of his short North American career.

Rock Diamonds N earned a new lifetime mark in Monday’s featured pace at Plainridge Park. Tom Melanson photo.

Driver Ron Cushing floated Rock Diamonds N on the outside during a brisk :26.1 first quarter cut by Class Six (Drew Campbell) before motoring up to the lead in front of the grandstand. As soon as he cleared, Bet You (Jay Randall) pulled first-over and pushed the issue with the leader to the three-quarters in 1:22.2, but the party was over from there.

Rock Diamonds N rebuffed that challenge and opened up a two-length gap between himself and the rest of the field. After a quick tap and a set of high lines, Cushing let Rock Diamonds N pace away down the lane to win by two in 1:50.1, a new lifetime mark.

It was the sixth win in 12 North American starts for Rock Diamonds N ($4.20), who has now earned $55,485 for Cushing, Kevin Sywyk and Frank Ranaldi. Heidi Gibbs does the training.

The secondary feature was a $12,000 upper-level conditioned pacing event that saw Lindy Beach regain his old form.

Warrawee Nonsuch (Shawn Gray) cut the mile and looked strong doing it in :26.4, :55.1 and 1:23.2. But Lindy Beach (Drew Monti), who had gotten away ninth, rallied from last following third-over cover to the top of the final turn, where he tipped three-deep and exploded past the field. At the top of the stretch, he drew even with Warrawee Nonsuch before going on by to win by a neck in 1:51.4, a new seasonal mark.

It was the first win of 2019 for Lindy Beach ($24.40), who is owned by the Lindy Racing Stable and trained by Domenico Cecere.

Mitchell Cushing led all drivers with three wins on the card.

The Wicked Hi-5 Pentafecta did not have a unique winning ticket once again on Monday. As such, there is another record carryover pool of $41,733 for the sixth race on Thursday (July 18), when live racing resumes at Plainridge Park. Post time for the first race is 4 p.m.