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| Abbey Road Hanover |
Following
a pair of speedy practice miles, Abbey Road Hanover looked razor sharp in
posting a 1:51 career-fastest victory in Thursday night's $10,000 featured
sixth race at Vernon Downs.
Vernon
qualifying scores in 1:57.2 and 1:55.1 enabled Abbey Road Hanover to get in
tip-top shape for Thursday's female Open pace.
With Rick Plano piloting for trainer Edgar Clarke, Abbey Road Hanover
cut splits of :27, :55.3 and 1:23.1 before being headed by the pocket-sitting
Little Santamonica entering the final sixteenth. The battling bay mare then slipped into
another gear and accelerated to a three-quarter length triumph over her main
challenger.
While it
was her first local tally of 2013, the comeback score resulted in the fifth
season's win (Four others at Florida's Pompano Park) and the 12th
lifetime tally for the quick-footed daughter of Rocknroll Hanover-Allamerica
Coed, who is owned by Florida's Robert J. Orr and Gary J. Jonas. The hard-fought tally raised her career
winnings to more than $138,000.
The
talented trotter Pazza posted the first pari-mutual victory by a 2-year-old at
the 37-card meeting, rallying late to begin her racing career with a 2:01
triumph in Thursday's eighth event.
Trainer Gates Brunet did the driving for owners Joseph A. Spadaro and
noted NYRA announcer Tom Durkin.
Leading
pilot Rick Plano pushed his victory total to 71 and tied fellow reinsman Chris
Lems at 12 for most driving doubles at the meet during the evening, while his
chief rival, Roman Lopez, also produced a pair of first-place finishes, as did
former Downs champ Jimmy Whittemore.
DOWNS DOINGS— The 3-year-old
trotter Makes Me Crazy (1:57.3) and sophomore pacer Cam Faire (1:56) also
earned their initial pari-mutual victories during Thursday's 12-race
program…Lopez tied trainer Jocelyn Lavigne at 22 for second place on this
year's conditioning win-chart following his victory behind Cam Faire in
Thursday's fifth event...Plano leads in training tallies with 27…Friday's
12-race card, that features a $10,000 Open-1 trot in race 10, will begin at
6:45 p.m…A revised 2013 racing and stakes calendar, as well as
additional information regarding Vernon Downs, its casino, hotel, racing and
promotional events can be obtained at www.vernondowns.com.
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