Hammered down to 3-5, Workin Ona Mystery looked every bit the dominant force, throwing down a :50.4 back half while first over on a “good” surface to capture the $19,200 Open Pace on Friday, Oct. 20 at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
With a year of seasoning against the sport’s best older male pacers under his belt, Lous Pearlman is set to begin his 2023 campaign on Saturday, April 8 in the $36,000 Open 2/Open 1 Handicap at The Meadowlands.
Maybe the indicator came at qualifiers Friday morning, when Tony Alagna trainees won the first six races, because Alagna’s barn carried that momentum into Saturday night (May 7), taking both $50,000 splits of the first leg of the Graduate Series for four-year-old Open pacers at The Meadowlands.
The puzzle that was the featured $38,000 Open Pace at The Meadowlands Saturday night (Nov. 27) turned out to be an easy one to solve, as Workin Ona Mystery blew away six overmatched foes during a thoroughly dominant 1:48.4 mile.