Always Watching all but cemented her title as local Filly and Mare Pacer of the Year at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Monday afternoon, Dec. 11 when the standout distaffer won the Open once again.
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.
The full field of three-year-olds that went postward in the $17,500 feature race at Plainridge Park on Friday, Nov. 17 was so good, it yielded two winners.
After hitting the board five consecutive times heading into today’s action, Pammy Jo scored her first victory of 2021 in Thursday’s $15,000 Open Handicap pace for fillies and mares at Plainridge Park.
Pammy Jo (Shawn Gray) left from post four and tucked in behind a hard-charging The Fun Marshall (Bruce Ranger) then remained there for the first half of the race. After a swift :26.1 first quarter and :55.3 half, Gray pulled Pammy Jo at the five-eighths only to be quickly rebuffed back to the pylons by The Fun Marshall, who stepped up the pace again in a :27.3 third panel. After the mares rounded the final turn, Gray pulled Pammy Jo once again and this time went right by the leader. Pammy Jo marched home in :28.3 to post a 2-1/2 length win in 1:52, which was a seasonal mark.
Racine Bell, a winning machine over the course of her young career, lived up to even money favouritism in Wednesday s (March 10) $10,000 distaff pacing feature at Saratoga Casino Hotel with a 1:54 score.
The four-year-old daughter of So Surreal, who amassed over $285,000 at two and three while competing primarily on the New York Sire Stakes circuit, was sent immediately to the lead by Brian Cross and clicked off a :57.2 first half. She then powered away from her rivals through a :27.4 third quarter and opened up an insurmountable lead over runner-up Pammy Jo (Shawn Gray) and third-place finisher Bontz N (Billy Dobson).
Racine Bell accounted for one of two wins on the card for her owners, Chris and Dale Lawton, and trainer Dave Dewhurst. Those connections also teamed up to win with young trotter Me Three, who broke her maiden with Jimmy Devaux in the sulky.