Racing Roundup: Don’ttellmewhatodo wins Mares Open at Harrington
August 25, 2009,from Harness Publicists across North America
Tuesday’s (August 25) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Harrington Raceway, Saratoga Raceway, Pocono Downs and Monticello Raceway.
Don’ttellmewhatodo wins Mares Open at Harrington
Harrington, DE — Darryl Gombert, Jeffrey Rose and Hankook Stable’s Don’ttellmewhatodo ($7.20, Victor Kirby) was a repeat winner Tuesday in the $25,000 Mares Open Pace at Harrington Raceway in 1:53.4.
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Don’ttellmewhatodo was a repeat winner in the $25,000 Mares Open Pace.
The Charles Cochran III trainee set all the fractions and prevailed by two lengths over Nidya A and Sixteen Candles.
The 6-year-old DM Dilinger mare has won five races in 2009 and banked more than $81,000.
It was one of two driving wins for Kirby, who shared driving doubles with George Dennis, Roger Plante and Mike Cole.
— Matt Sparacino Cleaning Lady cleans up once again Saratoga Springs, NY — Cleaning Lady continued to mop the floors with her competition, as the claiming pacer won her fourth consecutive race on Tuesday night at Saratoga. Dave Oxford Cleaning Lady continued to dominate her class with another smashing win at the Spa After drawing outside in her first start off a class drop last month and not factoring, the Paul Zabielski-trained mare has been dominant at Saratoga, and completed a grand slam on the beautiful summer night at the Spa. The mare’s competition was so strong on Tuesday, that despite winning three straight heading into the race and starting from post three, she was the public’s third choice. Frank Coppola, Jr. was in the sulky again behind Cleaning Lady, and they pounced heading towards the three-quarters, and surged past her rivals before drawing away to record a 3-3/4 length win. Her final quarter of :28.4 was the fastest final panel of the night on Tuesday. Cleaning Lady returned $6.60 in her 1:58.1 victory. Live racing will continue on Wednesday night with New York Sire Stakes featured, with 3-year-old trotting fillies taking center stage. Post time on Wednesday will be at 7:20 p.m., eastern — Mike Sardella All About Justice wins Open Handicap trot at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Wilkes-Barre, PA — All About Justice, getting a two-hole trip from Mike Simons, captured the $28,750 Open Handicap trot on Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Leaving from the five post, Simons left quickly with the winner and dropped in second behind Grain Of Truth (Ray Schnittker) with the opening split being timed in :27. Grain Of Truth continued on the lead, taking the nine-horse field to the half in :56.3 and three-quarters in 1:25.2, with All About Justice sitting right on his heels. Simons tipped out coming down the stretch and won by 1-1/2 lengths over Grain Of Truth, with Nicole’s Promise (Tom Jackson) finishing third. The time of the mile was 1:54.1. This was the ninth win for All About Justice, who also has hit the board in all 14 starts in 2009 with four second place finishes and one third place finish. Gail Wrubel trains All About Justice, a 5-year-old SJ’s Caviar gelding. Simons is a part owner of the trotter long with John Furfaro of Hillsborough, N.J. Even Better Odds, a 3-year-old Cantab Hall trotter, won the $18,500 trot for non-winners of $10,000 in their last five starts or nine pari-mutuel races, lifetime. Driven by Tom Jackson and trained by Chuck Sylvester, Even Better Odds stopped the timer in 1:54.3 and made it two-straight at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, with the last win coming June 12 in the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes. — John Zimich ”Zeke” Parker remains on a roll; wins four more, including both pacing features Monticello, NY — At age 55, Billy “Zeke” Parker hasn’t lost a step. He continues to drive like days of yesteryear and scores multiple victories on each racing program here at Monticello Raceway. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, Zeke added four more to his total, and currently with 232 for the meeting, he keeps running away from his nearest rival, Kyle DiBenedetto, who trails the bearded wonder by 80 victories. Geri Schwarz Blueridge D’Bang gave Bill Parker, Jr. one of his four wins on Tuesday Parker won the weekly feature with Blueridge D’Bang, in time of 1:55.2, and scored an identical 1:55.2 triumph with Bilmar Rustler in the co-featured pace. And his other two victories, with Cloudy Heights N (1:56.4) and Katrina Maree N (1:58) were both sub-two minute victories, which having four on one card would have been a very notable accomplishment a few years ago — before the hub rails came down and the equipment improved — but not so anymore since speed on the racetrack is commonplace nowadays. Another thing that day which is far from unique — but not a normal occurrence here at the Mighty M — was an owner and her trainer winning three races on the card. Trainer Lisa Krom harnessed three winners, all of which are owned by Elisha Lafreniere. Cloudy Heights N and Bilmar Rustler were both driven by Parker and the other Krom-Lafreniere victor, Summer Vacation, was one of Jimmy Marohn’s two winners on the card. — John Manzi
