Plainville, MA – Brett Beckwith was in fine form at Plainridge Park on Monday (Aug. 24) afternoon as he won five races on the card, including the featured $25,000 Open Handicap pace with Soho Spectre A, who battled hard from start to finish and dug down deep to come up with a big win.
Soho Spectre A was parked-out three-wide the entire first quarter to get ahead of Wild Bill Wyatt (Mike Oosting) and Still Rollin N (Matty Athearn), which he finally did in :26.2. There was no slack in the pace from there as the leader went down to the half in :54.2 before coming under fire from his stablemate, T H Tyson (Bruce Ranger), who moved first-over in the breeze and drew alongside Soho Spectre A at three-quarters.
The two pacers matched strides around turn three and entered the stretch with the field closing in behind them. T H Tyson moved to the front as they straightened for home, but Soho Spectre A fought back in deep stretch to regain the lead. But the race wasn’t over because So Rock N Roll (Kevin Switzer Jr.) came out of the clouds and was flying down the middle of the track and seemed about to catch Soho Spectre A in the shadow of the wire. But the photo showed Soho Spectre A bravely hung on by a head and won in 1:50.1.
It was the sixth win of the year for Soho Spectre A ($12.40), who is owned by Pollock Racing and trained by Enrico Robinson.
Earlier in the upper-level $20,000 conditioned pace, Beckwith also won with Makorori N, who got away third momentarily as 30-1 shot Fearful Intent (Bruce Ranger) took the lead. But Makorori N was out quickly past the quarter and shot to the lead in front of the stands and making it to the half in :55.3. From there, Makorori N was in full control as he flew by three-quarters in a :27.1 split, rounded the last bend well ahead and opened up 2-¼ lengths at the line to win in 1:51.1.
It was the eighth win of the year for Makorori N ($3), who is owned by Paul O’Neil and trained by Alicia Gray.
Besides the aforementioned two wins, Beckwith rounded out his five-bagger with Montana GB (1:51.2, $6.40), D A Wicked Shine (1:52.2, $2.80) and Lochlan Hanover (1:501, $3.60).
Racing will resume at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Aug 25) at 4 p.m.
Free full card past performance programs for every live card of racing at Plainridge Park can always be downloaded at their website (plainridgeparkcasino.com) under the “Racing” tab. You can also watch all the race replays on that same page.