Bye Bye Felicia ($8.40) went by late to win the $9,000 Fillies & Mares Open Pace.
Come Get The Cash (John MacDonald) led to the first quarter in :27.3, but Prairie Westerngal (Hennessey) took control as they headed for the stands for the first time. She continued to show the way and hit the half half first in :56.2. Bye Bye Felicia made her move first-over down the backstretch as Prairie Westerngal maintained the lead to three-quarters in 1:24.1.
As they headed to the stretch, Come Get The Cash tried to sneak in at the cones while Bye Bye Felicia continued to pressure Prairie Westerngal. Bye Bye Felicia finally wore down the runner-up Prairie Westerngal to win in 1:52.4. Talk Show Chica (Corey Braden) came up to finish third.
Surreal Feeling has been nothing shy of surreal again this year and on Wednesday afternoon (June 30), the superstar mare added another win to her tally at Saratoga Casino Hotel.
The 6-year-old mare, who has been a winning machine over the course of her career, prevailed for the 29th time in just 79 starts when she went coast-to-coast in the $14,000 Fillies and Mares Open.
Surreal Feeling won from off the pace in her previous local try, but this week driver Alek Chartrand didn’t waste any time getting the speedy stalwart to the front. After sizzling through a first quarter in :26.2, Surreal Feeling reached the half in :55 in a race that had an accident occur in the early going at the back of the pack. Miss Irish Rose A, second in last week’s Open at the Spa, took her shot at Surreal Feeling and nearly tracked her down in the stretch before finishing as the runner-up for the second-straight week.
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Pompano Beach, FL.December 23.Prairie Westerngal, a bridesmaid in her most recent pair of races at Pompano Park, reached the harness racing altar on Tuesday (December 22) by scoring a sharp win in the $11,000 Mares Open Handicap Pace for Wally Hennessey in 1:53.
The four year-old daughter of
Western Ideal, sprinted off the wings into a quick early lead before yielding to Crisp Mane (Ricky Macomber, Jr.) and remained in the garden spot most of the way before finding a seam along the pylons in the lane to score by a length over Crisp Mane after the latter sliced through panels of :27, :56 and 1:23.4 along the way.
Prairie Westerngal, a bridesmaid in her most recent pair of races at Pompano Park, reached the altar on Tuesday (Dec. 22) by scoring a sharp win in the $11,000 Mares Open Handicap Pace for Wally Hennessey in 1:53.
The four-year-old daughter of Western Ideal, sprinted off the wings into a quick early lead before yielding to Crisp Mane and remained in the garden spot most of the way. In the lane, she found a seam along the pylons to score by a length over Crisp Mane after the latter sliced through panels of :27, :56 and 1:23.4 along the way.
Image Of A Dream rallied for third while Ask Me Ifi Care, sporting a two-race win streak coming in, finished fourth unable to overcome the outside post.