Super Night highlights weekend at Pompano

by John Berry, for Pompano Park

Pompano Beach, FL — The Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association presents its annual Super Night on Sunday (Nov. 29) at Pompano Park, featuring eight Florida Breeders Stakes finals for 2- and 3-year-olds worth a total of $435,850.

The $53,800 2-year-old filly trot features Gold Star Briana, that filly attempting to keep her lifetime record unblemished and annex her seventh win. Owned by Kevin Kelly, Wally Hennessey will drive for trainer Dan Hennessey in an event that takes place prior to the pari-mutuel program.

The $53,300 event for juvenile trotting colts and geldings features Rexamillion, coming into the action after sweeping the Sunshine State Stakes, Stallion Stake and Aylor Memorial. This, too, is a non-wagering event with Bob Roberts expected in the bike for trainer Kim Sears.

On the pari-mutuel program, the $53,600 Breeders Stake for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings pits Gleneagles and Conman’s Dream against each other in this sextet. Gleneagles has had the upper hand in their last four outings, however, Conman’s Dream has been gnawing away at Gleneagles, just a neck back in his last encounter. Wally Hennessey will drive Gleneagles while Conman’s Dream will be handled by Jason MacDougall.

The $56,100 event for sophomore trotting colts and geldings features the outstanding Prairie Fortune, that has swept through the competition unscathed and unthreatened in five Pompano fall starts. Trainer Mike Deters will drive, looking to do the “next to impossible” feat of improving on his already .895 UDR covering 17 starts.

Deters will return to the bike the very next race when he guides the unbeaten Prairie Sweetheart in the $54,600 Breeders Final for the 2-year-old pacing fillies. Prairie Sweetheart is six-for-six with a track record tying 1:53.3 performance in her last start. Her main opponent appears to be the Bob Barker trained Caitlin’s Romance, that has chased Prairie Sweetheart home in her past five starts.

The Deters trained Livy M, also unbeaten in five Pompano stakes starts, is scheduled to go in the $54,700 event for sophomore trotting fillies. Livy M has a string of open lengths wins in this competition for Wally Hennessey, who is expected to sit in the sulky back of the filly on Sunday night.

The 3-year-old event worth $54,200 for pacing colts and geldings features a field of six, including three break-away sophomores — Owosso Flash, Caesar’s Forum and Drake. While Owosso Flash and Caesar’s Forum have put on some of the most exciting duels in recent memory, it was Drake who picked up the pieces to break his maiden with a 1:54.1 winning effort in his last start — the Stallion Stake — after Owosso Flash and Caesar’s Forum got into a middle half war — :54.2 — leaving the door open for the upset. Owosso Flash will be driven by trainer Deters while Caesar’s Forum will have Wally Hennessey in the bike. Drake will have the driving services of veteran Bob Roberts.

The $55,550 Breeders Stake for 3-year-old pacing fillies caps the FSBOA Super Night festivities with Gold Star Dynasty — also trained by Mike Deters — looking to put the finishing touches on completing the fall sweep of stakes events. Aaron Byron is expected to handle the lines.

Post time for Super Night Sunday is 7:30 p.m.

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    Earlier this year, Mike Deters told people that Prairie Sweetheart “might be the best horse I ever threw a harness on,” and the 2-year-old female pacer has done nothing so far to make the trainer regret his words. Next up, she will face five rivals in the $54,600 Florida Breeders Stakes championship for 2-year-old female pacers as part of Sunday’s (Nov. 29) FSBOA-sponsored Super Night at Pompano Park.

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