Sacramento, CA — Divine Art, fresh from back-to-back impressive victories, has top billing in Saturday night’s (April 5) $12,500 Alan Kirschenbaum for pacing fillies and mares at Cal Expo.
There will also be a $20,000 California Sire Stakes for the 3-year-old filly pacers with DM Magic Player and Mare A Raeann seeking their second trophies of the season.
Watch and Wager LLC will conduct 11 races with first post set for 6:42 p.m.
Divine Art is a 6-year-old daughter of Outrageous Art who is owned, trained and driven by Gerry Longo and comes into this assignment with 39 wins from her 105 starts with $428,993 in her account and a 1:51.4 mark. She is probably best known for her 17-race winning streak in 2022-2023, with the majority of those victories coming over this track.
Divine Art is razor-sharp at the moment, coming first-over to win the March 15 Rod Knittel and returning last week to overcome poor cover while earning a half-length score in game style.
Graceful Horizon has won five of her 10 starts at this meet and will be tough for Set The Pace Racing and driver/trainer Nick Roland no matter how things shake out early.
Race honors memory of Alan Kirschenbaum
Saturday night’s Alan Kirschenbaum Pace is named for the longtime owner and breeder and past president of the California Harness Horsemen’s Association, who passed away in 2012 at the age of 51.
Kirschenbaum was a major factor in California as an owner, breeder and amateur driver for many years. With his stallions Little Steven and British Sterling standing at Cherry Tree Farm in Wilton, he helped support the industry in California.
In the past, he had even waived his stallion fees to help the California horsemen breed their mares to help the horse population survive.
Alan was also a huge supporter of the California Sire Stakes and amateur races.
In addition to being a prolific owner, breeder and amateur driver, Alan was a huge political force in California harness racing and his impact on harness racing in California is still in evidence.