Taking full advantage of second-half cover, Our Lady Lara A finished with a flurry to claim her 10th win of the year with a lifetime-best effort in the $25,000 Fillies & Mares Winners-Over pacing feature at Plainridge Park on Friday afternoon (Sept. 8).
The Sunshine Beach colt Ahi Sunshine blew away his rivals in the opening race of the Tuesday (June 6) card at Woodbine Mohawk Park in the opening division of the opening leg for the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Series for pacing sophomore males.
Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots action for rookie pacing colts and geldings kicked off Thursday night (July 7) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and first-crop sire All Bets off earned his second OSS winner with Tignanello in the fourth of five divisions.
Mention horse racing people at the Alameda County Fair over the last 20 years and a few names come straight to mind. One that flies the most under the radar but can stand toe-to-toe with anyone is Pleasanton s George Schmitt.