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DGs Caviar stretched his winning streak at Pompano Park to four with a convincing win for trainer-driver Andy Shetler in 1:53 a new lifetime mark in the $11,500 Open Handicap Trot on Monday night (Dec. 28).
The four-year-old son of Prime Time Caviar, bred and owned by Daniel Graber, put a margin of 3-3/4 lengths between himself and Muscles For Life (Wally Hennessey) while The Lionking AS (Kevin Wallis) finished third, eight lengths away. Born To Thrive finished fourth, with BJ Lorado picking up the nickel in the classy septet.
Explosivebreakaway, the 6-to-5 favourite, made a miscue leaving to lose all opportunity.
As the wings folded, BJ Lorado zipped off the wings from post two and put Celebrity Miracle, starting from the inside, in the pocket behind him and ripped through first half panels of :27 and :56 with Muscles For Life settling in third and DGs Caviar finding a spot in fourth.
DGs Caviar extended his winning streak at Pompano Park to three on Monday (December 14) with a sharp performance for driver Andy Shetler.
The four-year-old son of Prime Time Caviar hit the wire in 1:53.2, despite the fact he started from the outside six post and was three-wide until reaching the lead three-eighths into the mile.
The winning margin was a measured neck over Explosivebreakaway (Tom Jackson) with Sooo Handsome (Rick Plano) third, 2-1/4 lengths away. Keegan Ho finished fourth while The Lionking AS picked up the nickel in the classy sextet.
After the race, driver-trainer Andy Shetler said, “He sure is a tough customer. This is his favourite track. He just has that will to win and he can dig forward pretty much forever. The night he made that break early, he just seemed to have that attitude that he wasn’t going to give up until the job was done. Tonight, he was just fantastic!”