Racing Roundup: Inflation Hanover, Life Up Front dead heat in Dover feature
February 4, 2010,from Harness Publicists across North America
Thursday’s (Feb. 4) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Dover Downs and Cal-Expo.
Inflation Hanover, Life Up Front dead heat in Dover feature
Dover, DE — There were two winners in the $14,000 featured pace on Thursday at Dover Downs when Inflation Hanover and Life Up Front finished in a dead heat for win.
Fotowon photo
The photo finish camera could not separate Inflation Hanover (#2) and Life Up Front (#7).
In the 4- & 5-year-old featured race, the photo finish camera could not separate Bobby Reeser, Stan Rosenstock and Only Money Inc.’s Inflation Hanover, a Western Ideal-Impressive Hare gelding driven by Brad Hanners, and Life Up Front, a Life Sign-Liamatters 4-year-old owned by Art Stafford and driver Art Stafford, Jr., after a hard earned 1:53.4 mile. Missed Tide (Corey Callahan) was a neck back in finishing third.
Winordietrying paced a stunning 1:50.3 mile to win a $25,000 claiming allowance. Corey Callahan moved the Allamerican Native-Armbro Jillian 4-year-old gelding, owned and trained by his dad, Nick Callahan, three wide heading to the three-quarters and after taking the lead they quickly opened up an expanding lead, completing the mile with a :26.4 final panel on the way to a remarkable new mark. It was his third win of the meet in four starts. Still Chugging (Eric Goodell) was well back in second with Dees Last Man (Mike Cole) the show finisher.
Silver Bloom gets the golden trip at Cal-Expo
“I really didn’t push her that much. I wanted to let her go and follow her as far as I could.”
Now getting a pocket trip through middle-half fractions of :59.2 and 1:29, Plano found himself locked in the box with a quarter of a mile to go.
“I was just hoping to get a shake and if I did I was just hoping I had enough to get by.”
Moving to the outside with less than 3-16ths of a mile to go and free at the seven-eighths marker, Plano had to deal with Mother Nature.
“She felt good and I thought she had a shot to go on by when the slot opened up, but she absolutely was fighting the headwind and I didn’t know if she was going to go by or not because the wind made it hard to pass. But, she just kept going and grinded her way by.”
Closing in willing fashion, the Wayne Knittel bred and owned 4-year-old outfought Reno Rose and the strong headwind to win ($19.60) by three-quarters of a length in 1:58.3. A very game Reno Rose finished in second, and Blue Note (Luke Plano) finished another half-length farther back in third.
“She got the very best trip of all which is what I needed to win the race, but it was still a very good win and a very good race for her,” finished Plano.