Racing Roundup: Familiar names pull upsets in Running Aces Opens

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Tuesday’s (July 23) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Running Aces and Saratoga Casino and Raceway.

Familiar names pull upsets in Running Aces Opens

Columbus, MN — One of the winningest and most popular horses in Running Aces history returned to the winner’s circle Tuesday night, but this time in an upset 1:52.1 triumph in the featured weekly $8,500 Open Pace.

An 11-time winner in 2012, often as a heavy favorite, Restless Yankee (Nick Roland) was dispatched at odds of 8-1, seeking his initial Open class victory of 2013. He edged fellow closers Chewy Baca (Rick Magee) and Firstclassallthway (John DeLong) as odds-on front-running favorite Six Gun (Jason Ryan) faded to fourth after cutting all the fractions.

The 6-year-old Minnesota-sired gelding has now won 38 times in his fruitful career and banked $218,000 for owners Ron Emerson and Mark Holtan.

A co-featured $9,000 Fillies and Mares Open was also contested on the program with Show Runner (Tim Maier) rebounding from a pair of recent place finishes in the same race to capture the distaff feature for the third time in five weeks. The impressive filly, owned by Denise Maier and Eileen Brodbar, upset favored Love This Place (DeLong), who recently arrived from Chicago, at odds of 9-2. Still Electric (Don Sherman) was within a length at the wire, reached by the winner in 1:54.1.

Earlier on the card, Al-Mar Passion (Magee) lowered the track standard for 2-year-old trotters to 2:00.1, beating Chewy Dunkerton (Steve Wiseman) and Abra’s Starlight (Roland) in a $13,500 state-restricted freshman trot. Rick Magee also owns the son of Abra who now has three wins in five seasonal starts.

Racing resumes Wednesday night at Running Aces with a full field of trotters going postward in the $9,500 eighth race Open Trot.

— Running Aces Media Relations

Saratoga Casino and Raceway
Winter King recorded his second consecutive win on the Tuesday card at Saratoga Casino and Raceway. Trainer-driver Jay Randall moved Winter King (Riverboat King) out to the early lead and the sophomore pacer sprinted away late to prevail by open lengths in 1:57.1. For Randall, it completed a driving double as he also piloted young trotter Dewlalula (Deweycheatumnhowe) to her maiden win for trainer Glenn Raia. Randall currently sits in tenth place in the local driver standings and is having another solid year at the Spa.

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