Tisadream N wins hard-fought Plainridge feature

Plainville, MA — Tisadream N took on all comers for the entire mile, yet hung tough to win the featured $12,000 Winners-Over Handicap Pace at Plainridge Park on Monday (June 17) afternoon.

Tisadream N dug in late to prevail in Monday’s featured pace at Plainridge Park. Tom Melanson photo.

Leaving from the rail, Tisadream N (Drew Monti) took the initial lead until Sir Pugsley (Shawn Gray) hustled up on the outside to grab the front before the quarter in :26.4. Not content to take the trip, Monti pulled the right line and went back to the top in front of the stands and then settled back to the cones. But the outer flow immediately came at him, with Bet You (Nick Graffam) leading the way, bringing Opus Blue Chip (Mike Stevenson) and Pickled Preacher (Jay Randall) with him.

Bet You engaged Tisadream N at the half and paced stride-for-stride with him up the backside in a quick :27.1 third quarter and then around the far turn and into the stretch, where Opus Blue Chip tipped three-deep and Pickled Preacher went four-out. Now four across the track, the pack paced down the lane with everyone having a shot. But Monti asked for more and he got it from Tisadream N, who paced stoutly to the line to win by a length in 1:51.4.

It was the third win in nine starts this year and second win in a row for Tisadream N ($4.40), who tied his lifetime mark of 1:51.4 set just last week. The 6-year-old son of Bettor’s Delight and Dreamy Atom is owned by Tony Gruppo and Tim Bojarski and is trained by Scott Rollins.

Monti also won the co-featured $12,000 upper-level conditioned pace with Betterlatethannever, who went from worst to first in short order. Betterlatethannever got away last from post nine and stayed in that position until the five-eighths pole, where Monti tipped out to follow live cover to the top of the turn. From there, he swung five-deep heading into the stretch and barreled down the lane to out-duel My Mind Is Madeup (Jim Hardy) to the finish by a neck in 1:52.2, which equaled his seasonal best.

Just claimed last week for $15,000, Betterlatethannever ($10.80) paid instant dividends for new owner Clark Davis and trainer Benson Merrill.

Drew Monti completed the natural hat trick in races five, six and seven with Warrawee Nonsuch (1:51.4, $22.80) to lead all drivers on Monday for wins.

There was an instant jackpot payout in the eighth race superfecta. The 5-2-7-3 combination returned $24,395.80 for a two-dollar wager. Additionally, there is another Wicked Hi-5 Pentafecta carryover of $3,656 for the sixth race on Thursday (June 20), when live racing resumes at Plainridge Park. Post time for the first race is 4 p.m.

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