Plainville, MA — Omne trium perfectum, or the rule of three, certainly applied to driver Bruce Ranger and trainer Domenico Cecere as good fortune befell a trio of their starters who won at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (June 12).

Those races included the $25,000 Winners-Over trot where Marquis Lafayette put in the performance of his life despite being let go at 21-1.

Marquis Lafayette scored a 21-1 upset in a lifetime best of 1:53 this afternoon in the feature at Plainridge Park. Tom Melanson photo.

Ranger got away fourth with Marquis Lafayette as the headstrong Inaminute Hanover (Drew Campbell) was on the point from the start, posting a swift :26.4 first quarter. As the race approached the half, Marquis Lafayette came first-over and advanced towards Inaminute Hanover as the race made its way up the backstretch to three-quarters. The two trotters tangled through turn three before Inaminute Hanover got rough and made a break at the top of the stretch. That gave Marquis Lafayette the lead and he finished the job, getting home 1-1/4 lengths on top in 1:53 which was a new lifetime mark.

It was the second straight top trot victory at Plainridge Park for Marquis Lafayette ($45.20) who is owned by Greathorse.

Ranger and Cecere also combined to win with The Wise One (1:54.3, $4.20) and Wallop (1:58.1, $3.00) to seal the team hat trick. However Ranger’s day didn’t end there and his win count continued on as he also won with Chapolier (1:54, $6.80) for the grand slam and then with Twin B Jays (1:53.2, $6.40) to ring his thumb.

The secondary feature on Monday was a $20,000 upper-level conditioned trot where Bluffinner also made it two in a row in convincing fashion.

Bluffinner scored by a wide margin this afternoon in the secondary feature at the Ridge. Tom Melanson photo.

Bluffinner (Jordan Derue) tucked in third as Pass Key (Jim Hardy) and Malibu Kid (Matty Athearn) traded leads before the half in :56.4. At that station, Derue tipped Bluffinner out and got to the front ahead of Malibu Kid with no trouble at all. Bluffinner opened up a two length lead at three-quarters, made it three at the top of the stretch and then cruised home under no urging at all to a 4-1/4 length bulge in 1:54.4. It was the fourth win of the year for Bluffinner ($4.80) who is trained and owned by his driver Derue, in conjunction with FBP Racing Stable.

Live racing will resume at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (June 13) at 4 p.m., and there will be a $11,861 carryover in the Jackpot Wicked Hi-5 pentafecta in race six and a $305 carryover in the Pick-6 in race four.