Plainville, MA – The weekly featured $25,000 Open Handicap pace at Plainridge Park was a record-setting event on Tuesday (Sept. 30) after Two Fold Cold sizzled the stone dust surface in 1:48.2 and set a new track record for 4-year-old pacing geldings.
David Ingraham got away fifth with Two Fold Cold as Price Control (Mitchell Cushing) was loose on the lead at the quarter in :25.1. The fast pace on the point had created a five length gap in the field and that prompted Ingraham to pull Two Fold Cold early, just past that station and started the long grind towards the leader.
Price Control tripped the half in :53.4, but then as the race made its way up the backstretch, Two Fold Cold cruised alongside of Price Control and eventually cleared the front before the 1:20.4 three-quarters. Once he crossed over, Two Fold Cold swelled up and bolted away by three lengths at the top of the stretch and from there, cruised home under wraps as Tip Top Cat (Yannick Gingras) could only chase in vain, and won in a new lifetime best 1:48.2.
The previous record for a 4-year-old pacing gelding at Plainridge was 1:48.4 taken by DP Real ordeal in 2023.
It was the third straight win and 24th lifetime score in only 39 lifetime starts for Two Fold Cold ($7.60) who is owned by Marc Tardif and trained by Kelly Case.
Live racing will resume at Plainridge Park on Thursday (Oct. 2) at 2 p.m.
Free full past performance programs and race replays for all live racing days at Plainridge Park can be found at plainridgeparkcasino.com.