MR - MACEDONIO PACING SERIES FINALS AND CONSOLATION ON TAP FOR THURSDAY

The Dominic Macedonio Pacing Series, named for the longtime Mighty M horseman who passed last year, began on January 5 and continued with three  weekly legs toward a final which is set to go to post on Thursday afternoon, January 26.

With separate divisions for fillies and mares and for horses and geldings the finals of the $4000 claiming series in which no starters could be claimed, will feature the highest point earners in the divisional events. The consolation will consist of the next highest point-earners.

Space Chalet and  Alan Schwartz’s  rallied to a 2:01.3 triumph in the third leg of  the Macedonio Series  (Geri Schwarz Photo)

The mares division Final will go for a purse of $5600 and features previous leg winners Space Chalet and Jessalilmixup. The former a two-time divisional winner will have Alan Schwartz at the controls while the latter turned in the fastest win time of 2:00.4 in the preliminaries.

The horses and geldings will lock horns in the fifth race for a purse of $6400. That finale carries a pair of stable entries among the eight starters. One of trainer Bill Devine’s entrants is Big Rueben a 2:01.4 preliminary leg winner who’ll start from the pole position with Rick Harp aboard.

Imposter A and Mike Forte, shown here winning the 3^rd leg, were undefeated in the prelims of the Macedonio Series  (Geri Schwarz Photo)

Trainer Elisha Lafreniere has a powerful pair in Imposter A and Optimist N, the former a three-time series winner whose fastest clocking was  1:59.3 two starts ago while the latter won in 2:00.1 in the first series leg. Mike Forte will drive Imposter N and leave from post three while Drew Campbell  will handle Optimist N from  the six-hole.

The Series Consolation features a pair of stable entries all who were runners-up to those who made the finale. Bill Devine has a pair rated 5-2 on the morning line and the other pair are from the Bill Kapinos barn and rated 3-1 by the local odds-maker. They’ll  face- off in the eighth race on the card.

Post time for the  13 race card will be at 12:25pm.