Pompano Beach, FL — Amateur competition continued on Sunday (April 10) at Pompano Park with Ron Cusimano, Joe Pennacchio and Jamie Marra all reaching the winner’s circle.

Ron Cusimano was in the sulky as Everyone’s Talkin scored a 15-1 upset win in amateur competition at Pompano Park. Jessica Hallett photo.

Cusimano completed the early daily double at The Pomp with a gate-to-wire win with Everyone’s Talkin, who he co-owns with Carlo Angelillo.

The Jake Huff trainee, an 11-year-old gelded son of Donato Hanover, vaulted his career earnings over the $350,000 plateau off of well rated fractions of :28.2, :58 and 1:27.2 to romp home in 1:56.3 for his initial win of the season in 12 starts. J-S Jasper (Tommy Santeramo) was second after looking the leader in the eye around the final bend until mid-stretch while Celebrity Serena (Dein Spriggs) finished an evenly rated third. Steel Reserve (Don Cromer) was fourth while Keystone Blade (Joe Pennachio) was next in the field of eight.

Everyone’s Talkin paid $32.00 to win, completing a lofty $242.40 early daily double. Cusimano now has 286 career wins.

Pennacchio took the second of the three amateur events as he guided the classy BJ Lorado to an easy win measuring just short of four lengths in a season’s best 1:56.3.

The winner, an 8-year-old altered son of Bo W trained by Marc Major for Michael and Diane Norcross, used the rail post to perfection as he blasted off the wings and opened up a long lead through an opening panel of :27.2. While the gap closed a bit through the :56.2 half, Pennacchio’s charge stretched the lead again on the backside through the third panel in 1:26.2 before coasting home unthreatened as the even-money toteboard favorite. He paid $4.20 to win.

The Big Muscle (Spriggs) was second after being far back halfway through while Mr Houdini (Jamie Marra) was next over Better Call Saul (Lee Morris) and Chav Hanover (Dennis Whittemore in this octet.

BJ Lorado now boasts 34 lifetime wins and $249,002 in bounty. It was his first win in 2022. Pennacchio has 208 lifetime wins stretching back to his first in 1995 at the Delaware (Ohio) Fairgrounds.

Marra had to use all of his horseman’s skill to hold Tech Titan together as this 9-year-old gelded son of Muscle Hill appeared to come unglued turning for home. Marra got him composed once more to draw clear to a three length win in 1:58.1 over No Wine For You (Spriggs) and Forbidden Song (Thomas Santeramo) with Keystone Orion (Gary Barbere) fourth and A Little Go Go (Pennacchio) picking up the nickel in the field of nine.

Tech Titan earned his second success of the season — 22nd lifetime — to push his lifetime bankroll to $177,592. Off at 3-5, Tech Titan paid $3.20 to win.

The Florida Amateur Driving Club also announced a sizable donation to New Vocations and the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, the charities chosen by Gabe Prewitt and Pete Aiello for their epic match race held last Monday. The FADC has donated more than $240,000 to worthy causes since its inception made possible by the generosity of its membership that donates all earnings from driving in amateur events to these causes.