by Mark Ratzky, publicity, Cal-Expo

Sacramento, CA — Aston Boko is going in peak form at the moment at Cal Expo for owner/trainer Marco Rios, as the 4-year-old trotting son of Windsong’s Legacy has posed for pictures following three of his last four appearances with Rich Wojcio in the sulky.

The streaking performer has been rewarding his backers quite nicely in the process, with his last two scores coming at 5-1 and 6-1, respectively, while bumping up a notch in class for those outings.

There was a new challenge thrown at Aston Boko last week, as he caught a sloppy track that proved to be troublesome for a number of side-wheelers, but he had absolutely no problem as he did the track-and-attack to perfection for Wojcio and collared Rompaway Brandon by a neck.

“He’s very good right now,” Rios said after the victory. “His race one back, he may have only won by a half length, but it was a lot easier than it looked if you just saw it in the program.

“As far as the sloppy track, I was pretty confident, because back when I was qualifying and driving him, he caught some off tracks and went over them the same way he does the fast tracks. Rich said after the race that this horse has a lot of speed, and he can really trot at the end.”

Aston Boko will attempt to improve even more on his 2011 batting average when he suits up in Thursday’s (Feb. 24) eighth race from the cozy one hole with Wojcio once again doing the honors. No matter how things shake out early, he figures to make his presence felt when the serious racing starts.

Live racing resumes at Cal Expo on Thursday (Feb. 24) and continues through Saturday (Feb. 26). Post time on Thursday is 5:30 p.m. (PST). Post time on Friday and Saturday is at 6 p.m.