Plainville, MA — After having a two-race win streak interrupted by a second place finish last week, La Bella Vita N got back to business, taking the $20,000 Open Handicap feature for distaff pacers at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (July 12).

Adashious Hanover (Drew Monti) took the early lead and made La Bella Vita N (Shawn Gray) work hard to overtake that position in a :26.4 quarter. But shortly after that station she did clear and the rest was history.

La Bella Vita N strode home by 2-1/4 lengths under minimal urging to win in 1:52.1. Tom Melanson photo.

La Bella Vita N got to the half in :55.4 and three-quarters in 1:24 with only a minor challenge from Amini (Kevin Switzer Jr.) up to that point. When they straightened out for home, the pocket-sitting Adashious Hanover could not gain ground and the late brush from Probert (Bruce Ranger) and Powered By Mach (Jay Randall) was futile as La Bella Vita N strode home by 2-1/4 lengths under minimal urging to win in 1:52.1.

It was the third win in the last four starts and sixth win of the year for La Bella Vita N ($4.00) for owners Bowie Racing and Michael Goldberg Racing. Alicia Gray trains the winner.

La Bella Vita N is one of 16 female pacers eligible to the $100,000 Clara Barton Distaff Pace that will be the co-feature to the $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot, held at Plainridge Park on Sunday (July 24) when the Grand Circuit makes its third visit to Massachusetts this year.

The undercard on Tuesday was a $15,000 conditioned pace for 6-year-old and younger females and it was won by Delightful Virgin.

Badmiry (Luke Hanners) took the field to the :57.2 half un-assaulted before Delightful Virgin (Gray) pulled first-over from fourth and started a methodical grind on the rim. Delightful Virgin got to second by three-quarters, drew alongside Badmiry at the top of the stretch and then paced away to a 1-1/4 length victory in 1:54.2.

Delightful Virgin ($6.60) notched her fourth win of the year for owner Kelly Case and trainer Dustin Ingraham.

Gray had three wins on Tuesday while trainers Mike Graffam and Matty Medeiros each scored two victories.

Live racing resumes at Plainridge Park on Thursday afternoon (July 14) with post time at 4 p.m. Free full past performance race programs for all live race days can be downloaded by visiting the track’s website at plainridgeparkcasino.com and clicking the “Racing” tab.