Monticello, NY — While the weather was cold, wet and nasty on Tuesday afternoon (Dec. 10) at Monticello Raceway, driver Bruce Aldrich Jr. was hot by way of his five winners on the 10-race card.

Driver Bruce Aldrich Jr. won five races on Tuesday at Monticello Raceway. Geri Schwarz photo.

Aldrich started the rally early in the first race with Tweedledtweedledum. The Bo Sowers trainee scored in 2:02 and returned $8.20 to win. Aldrich then reeled off three straight wins in races three through five. Scootin For Joy ($4.50) notched her fifth seasonal win for trainer Jim Doherty Jr. in 2:02.3. Next up was former Ron Burke trainee Zone Blitz ($10.60), who won in 1:59.3. Carters Casper ($10.60) won his eighth race of the season in 1:57.1, the fastest mile of the day on a track rated sloppy, for trainer Al Annunziata.

Aldrich’s fifth win of the afternoon came in the last race, were he scored a wire-to-wire victory with Future Life ($4.30) in 2:02.4. The win also gave Doherty, Monticello’s second leading trainer, a training triple on the afternoon.

The five wins on the afternoon lifted Aldrich to 193 wins at Monticello Raceway this season, putting him in third place in the standings behind Jim Taggart Jr. and Michael Merton.