Racing Roundup: Mystery Chase rebounds, takes $25,000 Meadows pace
March 9, 2010,from Harness Publicists across North America
Tuesday’s (March 9) Racing Roundup features results stories from The Meadows and Dover Downs. Mystery Chase rebounds, takes $25,000 Meadows pace Washington, PA — Rebounding from a rare out-of-the-money finish, Mystery Chase roared to the front and never faced a serious challenge in capturing Tuesday’s $25,000 Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows. Although he had won two straight in wire-to-wire fashion, Mystery Chase ducked last week and tired from the ensuing first-over bid. Eric Ledford took no chances Tuesday, gunning the 5-year-old Real Artist-Search For Cam gelding to the lead from post nine. Mystery Chase clicked off matching :55.4 halves and scored in 1:51.3, three-quarters of a length better than Western Bay. Clapifuc Bluegrass finished third. Donnie Russell trains Mystery Chase, who pushed his career bankroll to $670,597, and owns with Edward Needle. With his place finish, Western Bay surpassed the $400,000 mark in lifetime earnings. — Evan Pattak Apache Dame scores in $30,000 Open Mares Pace at Dover Dover, DE — Apache Dame got back on the winning ledger, scoring a 1:51.1 triumph in the $30,000 Mares Open Handicap Pace at Dover Downs on Tuesday.
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Apache Dame scored in 1:51.1 to win the Tuesday feature at Dover.
After starting from the outside in her previous two races, a change to the inside post was just what Apache Dame needed as last season’s Horse of the Meet chalked up her third win of 2010. Ross Wolfenden drove the 9-year-old daughter of Apaches Fame-Amerissa for trainer Peter Tritton and owners Paul McDougall and WJ McDougall Racing. Boots Place, winner of the previous two Opens, raced gamely for Eric Goodell to finish second. Chloes Silver Star took third with Ron Pierce at the controls.
Sherri On Ice dashed down the lane to overtake front pacing Boca Hanover in the final strides to win the $20,000 mares pace. Eric Goodell drove the TR Stables’ Sportsmaster-Snappy Image 7-year-old to her first win of the year. Boca Hanover (Frank Milby) took the early lead and continued until the final strides to finish second. Docdoc Cam (Daryl Bier) closed fast for third.
Ross Wolfenden had five wins, Ron Pierce won three, while Jim Morand and Corey Callahan collected two winners each during the program.
— Marv Bachrad