by Steve Wolf, Director of Marketing, Pompano Park

Cicero, IL – August 4, 2005 – The world’s only horse racing fireworks stunt show, Hot To Trot, will be performing at Hawthorne Race Course in Chicago Friday night, August 5, as part of the racetracks special “Night of Champions” featuring eight $100,000 stakes races.

Lap Time photo – Skip Smith

Australian stunt man Vincent Silvestro and his amazing horse, Hand Me Silver, will perform their one of a kind Hot To Trot fireworks show Friday, August 5 at Hawthorne Racecourse.

Australian Vincent Silvestro and his amazing horse, Hand Me Silver, will dazzle the Chicago crowd with his must-see-to-believe fireworks stunt show.

Silvestro will be standing on the shafts of his race bike, driving his special pacer, Hand Me Silver, with the lines in his teeth, hold 15,000 candle-power marine flares in his hands, all while his horse races around the dark one mile track, with more than 2,000 rounds of explosive fireworks set off from the bike shafts and a special platform attached to the race bike and all set to a musical theme.

The Hot To Trot performance is scheduled to go off after the 8th race on the program, approximately 10:30 pm (East Coast Time) and can be viewed via simulcasting.

Silvestro is also scheduled to do his Hot To Trot show at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway in Saratoga Springs, New York on Friday, August 26.