by Steve Wolf, senior director of racing operations, Pompano Park

Pompano Beach, FL — Both Pearl Of Capri and Whosgoinwhosstayin each face their respective third challenge towards a $100,000 bonus payoff on Wednesday (October 8) at the Isle Pompano Park.

Both horses compete in $14,350 divisions of the Florida Sale Stakes for 2-year-old trotters. If they can win their separate divisions, they would be just one win away from reaping the $100,000 bonus for winning all four Florida Sire Stakes Finals from the Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association and the Isle Pompano Park.

Pearl Of Capri is featured in the second division for 2-year-old fillies. The daughter of Famously-Jettas Pearl is on a seven-race winning streak for breeder/owners Frank and Inge Smith. Pearl Of Capri is trained by Veral Bowman and starts from post three for driver Dan Clements.

The first division features Wally Jean from post two for driver Mickey McNichol. The filly by Wewering-Walhalla has won three of her last four starts and faces a tough challenge from rivals Over Drawn and Parsley Sprig.

Undefeated Whosgoinwhosstayin puts his nine-race winning streak on the line in the second division of the Florida Sale Stakes for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings. The bay Basil-Benn’s Margie gelding was sensational in his last start. After slipping and going off-stride at the start on a sloppy track, he spotted the field 15 lengths before he got back into the hunt. Driver Mickey McNichol kept the trotter on the bit, caught the field, collared the race leader in mid-stretch and won by one length.

Bred and co-owned by Sophia Valkanoff with trainer Linda Kakaley, Whosgoinwhosstayin starts from post three in going for his tenth straight win.

In the first division for colts and geldings, Hard Work’n Rick and driver Richard Simard start from post five and take on Super Railee and J S Victory.