by John Berry, for Pompano Park

Pompano Beach, FL — As Hall of Fame Driver Wally Hennessey lamented, “Sometimes, you need a little extra luck to reach the winner’s circle.” That was the case on Wednesday night (May 9) as Boli inherited a win in Pompano Park’s trotting feature.

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Boli inherited the win in Pompano Park’s featured trot on Wednesday night.

The 6-year-old gelded son of Kadabra looked to be in a hopeless situation turning for home but took full advantage of the leader’s miscue once they straightened away and went on to score a one length win over Thundercrest (Dave Ingraham) in 1:55.2. Cashahallic (John Moody), longest shot on the board, finished third while Railee Workable finished fourth. Up The Alley finished fifth in the classy sextet, paying the price for that earlier stated miscue in the lane.

Indeed, it was Up The Alley, handled by Corey Braden and starting from the coveted post five, who out-sprinted the field as Boli, leaving from post four, settled in the garden spot. Up The Alley took the field through panels of :28, :56.4 and 1:25.3 and began sprinting away around that final bend, opening up a 3-1/2 length lead once they turned for home. But suddenly, Up The Alley went up in the air and Boli took full advantage of that prolonged miscue and waltzed on to the victory.

In a post race interview, Hennessey said, “Sometimes you need a little extra luck to reach the winner’s circle and tonight we had that little bit of extra luck.

“I really didn’t think we were going to beat the leader (Up The Alley) turning for home, but Boli took advantage and that was that. You know, Boli is by a world champion (Kadabra) and out of a world champion (Pizza Dolce) so he’s always going to give a good account of himself. He has inherited a lot of his sire’s and dam’s great traits.”

Trained by Dan Hennessey for owners Paul and Patricia O’Neil, Boli evened up his scorecard at 3-3-3 in 10 starts, good for $31,160 this semester and $265,824 lifetime. Off as the 3-5 toteboard favorite, Boli returned $3.40 to win.

Trainer John Mungillo had a hat trick on Wednesday night as Prince Of Fame ($4.40), Roll With Faith ($2.60) and Gold Star Sonata ($5.80) all hit the winner’s circle. Prince Of Fame, owned by Amante Standardbreds, was driven by Corey Braden. Roll With Faith, owned by Mungillo along with Finish Line Investors and Lawrence Willer, had the driving services of Dave Ingraham, who also drove Papiernik’s Gold Star Sonata to victory.

Racing continues Sunday night with post time set for 7:20 p.m.