A camera was needed to separate the top three finishers in the $25,000 distaff pacing feature at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 28) but the picture clearly showed that La Bella Vita N got the job done for the second week in a row.
As the 2023 meet winds down to its final two days, the last top trot of the season was featured at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (Nov. 27) and Marquis Lafayette cashed the win check that resulted from his sixth victory of the year in the $25,000 Open trot at The Ridge.
The feature race on Friday, Nov. 24 at Plainridge Park was a memorial race named in honour of former Plainridge starting judge Rick Flanders, who passed away in October.
Rick Flanders was the starting judge at Plainridge Park for many years and an esteemed member of the New England harness racing community for decades. Flanders passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 3 and to honour him, a memorial race will be held at Plainridge on Friday afternoon (Nov. 24).
Echo De Meautis FR, who is the winningest horse of the Plainridge Park 2023 meet, continued to finish first on Monday, Nov. 20 as he snared the featured $25,000 Open Trot in a hard-fought outing.