Columbus, MN – The Tuesday night (July 29) harness racing program at Running Aces featured eight divisions of Minnesota-sired freshman trotters and pacers.
Al-Mar Flash Over stole the show with another flawless performance in the $17,000 filly trot, going gate-to-wire from post seven to remain perfect in five career starts.
Trainer/driver Nick Roland had no trouble getting to the front with the talented daughter of Southwind Flash and they were never less than two lengths in front of their rivals throughout, checking home four lengths ahead of SV Shining Star (Rick Magee) with Anitra’s Dance (Scott Cisco) home in third in the 2:01 mile, which was a career best effort for the winner.
Al-Mar Flash Over ($2.10) is owned by Thomas and Kathy Shipley and Royal Roland.
Starstruck Fool (Cisco, $3.40) added another sharp win to her resume to make it four in a row in the $15,000 filly ‘A’ pace with a 1-3/4 length score in 1:59.3 over Baby I’m Hot (Elson Miller) and Sparklingchardonnay (Roland).
The daughter of Karpathian Kid now shows four wins from five starts with earnings of $33,763 for owners Jeri and Briar Roland and trainer Dan Roland.
Set Free (Three Of Clubs) with driver Rick Magee was ultra-game again in the $15,000 colts & geldings ‘A’ pace, leading from start to finish in a 3-3/4 length romp over Wild About Me (Roland) and Whatevrittakes Two (Plano) in 1:55.1 for his fourth career win in six career starts for owners Jay De Long, Ken Stauffer and Stephanie Anfinson and trainer Justin Anfinson. This event was run as an early non-betting affair.
HM Magical Money (Roland, $4) made the most of his first Aces start with a dominant score in 2:05.1 for a new career mark in the colts & geldings trot. He got home 2-1/4 lengths better than SV Rough And Tough and they were both well clear of Wilmar Bucky in third.
The winner is also trained by Roland and is owned by Thomas and Kathy Shipley and Royal Roland.
Nick Roland led the program with both a driving and training triple while Elson Miller also posted a training triple and driver Josiah Miller and trainer Edwin Quevedo each posted doubles.
Live racing returns to Running Aces on Thursday night (July 31) for a 12-race program that will feature a carryover of $6,323.91 in the 20-cent Pick-5 Jackpot wager, which will get underway in race eight.