by Steve Wolf, Director of Marketing, Pompano Park

Pompano Beach, Florida – February 26, 2005 – He Wants It All ($3.80) and driver Tony Morgan led from start to finish in capturing the $160,200 Isle of Capri Pacing Series Final at Pompano Park Saturday. He Wants It All won by one and one-quarter lengths in 1:50.4 over Maltese Artist and Dee Magic Man.

Trained by Tom Harmer and owned by Michael Polansky of Loudonville, NY, it was the second straight win and third victory of the year for He Wants It All, a five-year-old stallion by The Big Dog.

“This horse isn’t second to anyone right now.” Said Tony Morgan. “He has been so strong the last two weeks and would not let anyone get him by. I stepped him up a bit when they started coming at us on the final turn and he just dug in and gave it his all.”

Morgan left right out from post two with He Wants It All as Dee Magic Man (David Ingraham) and Santastic’s Pan (Joe Pavia, Jr.) battled for the two-hole spot with Santastic’s Pan winning out.

He Wants It All took the field to the opening quarter mile in :26.3 and then caught a breather to the half mile in :55.3 as Luckyisasluckydoes (Bruce Ranger) came first-over with Maltese Artist (Richard Macomber, Jr.) second-over.

By the three-quarters in 1:23.2, Luckyisasluckydoes began to fade as Maltese Artist swept three-wide and started to come out He Wants It All. Pavia was able to find clearance with Santastic’s Pan but no one was able to gain ground on He Wants It All.

“The horse (He Wants It All) warmed up great tonight.” Said trainer Tom Harmer. “He was as good as I could have hoped for going into the race. I knew he was the horse to beat and I am glad he lived up to it.”

“This horse has overcome a lot in his career and I am so pleased to see him do so well.” Said owner Michael Polansky. “Tom Harmer deserves all the credit. He does a superb job and I have to thank Tony Morgan because he gave up at least 60 or more drives in Chicago just to come down here the last three weeks and it all paid off tonight.”

Chucaro Ahijuna ($3.60) and driver Kevin Wallis took the lead after the opening quarter mile in the $80,000 Mack Lobell Trotting Series and sped away to a one and three-quarter length triumph in 1:53.3, the fastest trotting mile ever in the 41-year history of Pompano Park. The mark surpassed the former world record set by Mack Lobell in 1987 of 1:54.1.

Trained by Paul Bernardo and owned by the Berry Stable of Staten Island, NY, it was the third straight win for Chucaro Ahijuna, an eight-year-old Argentinean-bred stallion that is also the worlds fastest double-gaited Standardbred.

“Once he settled in on the lead I was not concerned at all until the final turn.” Said winning driver Kevin Wallis. “That Double Eagle horse made a game effort on the turn but Chucaro Ahijuna would not let him pass. He is the greatest trotter I have ever driven.”

Damon Runyon (Wally Hennessey) was the first on the lead with Ultimate Sundance (Bruce Ranger) grabbing the two-hole spot to the opening quarter mile in :27.4. Wallis eased out of the gate with Chucaro Ahijuna and had him on the lead after the opening quarter.

From there Chucaro Ahijuna cut the mile to the half in :56.1 as Make It Hot (Richard Simard) came first-over with Double Eagle (Trevor Ritchie) second-over. At that point, Damon Runyon went off-stride going to the three-quarters as he suffered a dropped suspensory in his left hind leg.

Double Eagle then popped three-wide at the three-quarters in 1:25 and was nearly able to looks Chucaro Ahijuna in the eye as they came off the final turn, but Wallis just urged Chucaro Ahijuna on to victory in the stretch.

“I knew that when I brought this horse here from Argentina that he was something special.” Trainer Paul Bernardo said. “But tonight he was really shinning. To think that last year at this time he had soured as a pacer in the Isle of Capri and now he has set the track record here for trotters. I have been contacted by some people from Europe and we will see if we might take him overseas to race.”

Hearty Fellow ($2.80), the overwhelming 2/5 favorite in the $50,000 Red Bow Tie Pace for Florida-breds, moved to the lead before the half mile, held off a challenge on the final turn by Stylish Glory and went on to win by one and one-quarter lengths in 1:52.4. A five-year-old gelding by Hearty Welcome, Hearty Fellow is trained by Marc Aubin and owned by Christine Garrity and Anthony Amante of Delray Beach. Paper Exchange was second and Stylish Glory third.

“Once we got to the lead before the half mile I was comfortable that we would win.” Said driver Wally Hennessey. “He was the best horse in the field and raced that way. I knew that Stylish Glory has a big brush, but my horse was super strong in the stretch.”

Swingin Glory (Richard Macomber, Jr.) left from post six to take the early lead with Paper Exchange (Bruce Ranger) getting the two-hole trip to the quarter pole in :27.3. Ranger then went right to the top with Paper Exchange. But that lead was short lived as Hennessey came charging on the outside with Hearty Fellow and they had the lead before the half in :56.2.

Pride Of Ditchem (George Napolitano, Jr.) came first-over with Stylish Glory (Joe Pavia, Jr.) swinging three-wide trying to loop the field at the three-quarters in 1:25.2. They caught up to Hearty Fellow but not for long as Hennessey urged his horse on to victory. Paper Exchange was able to beat out Stylish Glory for second place.

Wally Hennessey led all drivers on the night with a Grand Slam, four winners. Saturday’s attendance was 5,072, the highest in more than two years.