Pompano Beach, FL — The Florida Amateur Driving Club continued their competitive and spirited racing on Sunday (Jan. 23) and Monday (Jan. 24) at Pompano Park and repeats and three-peats highlighted the action.

For starters, real estate mogul Brian Calvert improved on his lofty .339 batting average coming into his event by guiding Ricky Be Sharp to a 7-1/2 length win in 1:58.4 — his last half :58.4. Muscle High (Joe Pennacchio) finished second with Kaffir Kemp (Steve Oldford) third.

The 6-year-old gelded son of American Native won for the 34th time in only 78 career starts to send his lifetime earnings to $120,771.

Calvert, by the way, has “tinkered” in harness racing since the early 1990s but has revved up his participation in the FADC over the past few years and now has 19 lifetime wins.

The winner is trained by Donna Riedel for owner Johanna Calvert and paid $4.00 as the favorite.

The repeat performance was achieved by driver Gary Barbere as he steered his own P L Jerico to a wire-to-wire score in 1:58.3 over Phoenician (Tony Dinges) and The Big Muscle (Devan Miller).

Stepping up a notch in class after winning last week, P L Jerico, a 9-year-old altered son of Manofmanymissions trained by 86-year-old Odell Thompson, put together panels of :28.2, :59 and 1:28 along the way to win by 2-3/4 lengths for his 24th lifetime win.

Barbere has has 75 lifetime wins with the first one being 35 years ago.

P L Jerico rewarded his faithful with a $9.20 mutuel.

Uva Hanover, with Dein Spriggs in the bike, extended his winning streak to three on Monday at Pompano Park. Jessica Hallett photo.

The three-peat occurred Monday night as Dein Spriggs guided his own Uva Hanover to a 1:58.3 victory over Gemologist (Tommy Santeramo) with Little Big Rigs (Calvert) next. Not only was this a three-peat, but a gate-to-wire one for the third straight time as well.

Uva Hanover, an 11-year-old gelding by Cantab Hall, posted fractions of :28.2, :59.4 and 1:28.4 with the winning margin 1-1/4 lengths at the wire.

Vaulting over the $600,000 mark in lifetime earnings last week, Uva Hanover won for the 34th time in a career measuring 161 starts. He paid $7.40 as the lukewarm winner.

Spriggs is closing in on 500 career successes in the sulky with his total at 491, including his wins overseas.

The FADC is composed of more than 50 horsemen and women who donate 100 percent of their earnings while driving in amateur events to charitable causes — to date, that being over $220,000.