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Larry Ferrari took no prisoners and sent Go Go George down the road in progress to a 1:56.4 victory in the Great Lakes Amateur Drivers Association (GLADA) Trot on Saturday (May 15) at Northfield Park. It marked the second-consecutive week that Ferrari and Go Go George were victorious in the series.
After starting from the two-hole Ferrari kept Rockefella Lindy and driver Manny Miller on the limb which forced the favourite Quadrangle to go three-deep as the field headed for the three-quarters.
After Quadrangle looped Rockefella Lindy Go Go George opened two-and-a-half lengths on the field, and he needed every inch as his strides began to shorten when he neared the finish line. At the wire, Go Go George was a neck winner over Rockefella Lindy. Third place went to Crime Fighter, in rein to Eddie Miller.
Young Eddie Miller just keeps rolling along. Tonight at Scioto Downs the talented youngster defeated nine others when he guided Bold Strategy to a gate to wire win in 1:56.3 in the $7,500 leg of the Great Lakes Amateur Drivers Association series.
Sent off as the betting favourite in the contest, Bold Strategy returned a $3.80 win mutuel.
With the crowded field Miller had little choice other than sending his trotter to the front from post five and they got first call at the quarter in :28.1. Surprisingly most drivers had found a seat for their steeds along the pylons and Miller was unchallenged as he led the competition by the half in :58.2
Eddie Miller and Lonnie Graber won their respective $7,800 trotting events hosted by the Great Lakes Amateur Drivers Association on Saturday night (May 1) at MGM Northfield Park.
In the first split, Miller and Cowboy Country hugged the pylons from their back-row start to land in fifth while Curleys Son (Marion Chupp) and Shake It Off Lindy (Don Sherman) sparred for the lead through a :28 first quarter. At the halfway point, Curleys Son enjoyed a three-length lead, but had to brace for Cowboy Country, who angled out to challenge. Still, Curleys Son showed the way by the :57.4 half and 1:27.4 third stanza. But, when the field rounded the final turn, Cowboy Country asserted himself and went on to a 1-1/4-length win in 1:58.1 Curleys Son was an easy second, and Starsaboveallerage who was parked the entire mile finished third for Steve Oldford.
Larry Ferrari got all the marbles on Saturday (April 24) when he won the in the Great Lakes Amateur Drivers Association (GLADA) Series Trot at Northfield Park with Go Go George. Together, they made every pole a winning one in progress to a 1:57.4 win over eight others.
Sent as the second choice from the four-hole in the nine-horse field, Ferrari took advantage of a miscue at the start by favoured Warrior Way and gunned his charge to the lead before a :29.3 first quarter.
With Go Go George on the engine, Ferrari got away with another :29-and-a-piece quarter, and when they rounded the clubhouse turn the second time Ferrari put the pedal to the metal. Go Go George opened daylight on his competitors as they trotted by three-quarters in 1:28.2. Well in command as they headed for home, Ferrari s trotter was strong all the way to the wire.