Alberta star and O'Brien finalist Divine Art continued harness racing's longest active win streak by taking the $7,500 Fillies & Mares Open Pace at Cal-Expo on Sunday night (Jan. 22).
Rockin With Lou, fresh from her upset win in last week’s Kirk Breed Pace, looks to close out the Cal Expo meet in style in Sunday’s featured $7,200 Filly and Mare Open Pace.
The main event is slated as the fifth on a nine-race card with first post at 5:25 p.m. The program will bring the Watch and Wager LLC meeting to an end with mandatory payouts for all wagers.
Rockin With Lou is a four-year-old daughter of Sweet Lou and the Rocknroll Hanover mare Ram Rocker who is owned, trained and driven by Gerry Longo. She is gunning for her 10th win from 28 lifetime trips to the post.
The $10,000 Kirk Breed Pace, featuring a very contentious cast of pacing fillies and mares, and a pair of California Sire Stakes for the distaff set highlight Saturday evening’s (April 17) Cal-Expo action.
Watch and Wager LLC will present 12 races, and things will get started at 5:54 p.m. PT. The Kirk Breed will go as the eighth race, the $15,000 California Sire Stakes for sophomore fillies is set as the third event, and the $7,000 Sire Stakes for four-year-old mares goes as the sixth contest.
Delightfully Wild, a 9-1 upsetter in last week’s Bill Vallandingham Memorial, looks to add to her strong resume at what figures to be shorter odds in the Kirk Breed as she leaves from the rail slot in a field of seven.
Robert Corbin is enjoying his second winter at Cal Expo while sending his share of performers to the winner’s circle.
“The weather is great and we had such a good time last year we decided to come back,” explained the 61-year-old Chicago native. While Robert got his first taste of the sport in his teens through his parents, it wasn’t until six years ago that he really got involved in the game.
“My mother passed away and we wanted to have something for my father to look forward to, so we ended up buying a broodmare and eventually purchased some racehorses as well.”
A pair of $14,000 California Sire Stakes for the four-year-olds and a $6,700 Filly and Mare Open Pace are the featured attractions on Saturday’s (Feb. 27) Cal Expo program.
There will be 13 races presented under the Watch and Wager LLC banner with first post set for 4:50 p.m., with one of the Sire Stakes events going as a non-betting contest prior to the regular program.
The distaff Sire Stakes goes as the fourth race and Prom Queen is coming off a victory in a dead-heat last weekend and should be well backed for owners Desomer Stables, trainer Quentin Schneider and driver Nick Roland. Taking her on are Debit Or Credit, Winhavetime, Akanay and Le Montrachet.