Ppk5/8 - Tom Santeramo's Great Start Rolls On

He's had only 13 registered trips to his credit but 30 year old horseman Tom Santeramo of Lake Worth, FL is off to a fine start in his driving career.

 In the January 14 weekly outing for the charity based Florida Amateur Driving Club (FADC), Santeramo guided 9 year old veteran trotter Armbro Doyle to a front end win in 1:58.4 for owner-trainer Scott West of Vernon, NY. It was the 23rd career win for Armbro Doyle which increased his career bankroll to more than $293,000. Santeramo is also in the Pompano training colony with 7 wins from 47 starters to date at this meet for purses of $34,000

Tom Santeramo won again on January 14 in the Florida Amateur Driving Club (FADC) 2011-2012 campaign at The Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park with trotter Armbro Doyle. Santeramo, who also trains at Pompano, has won 4 times in 13 lifetime starts in the bike. (Skip Smith Photo)

In the same race, there was a rare claim of a 14 year old as Leo Sawyers antied up $5,000 to take over ownership and training of Sir Valahad. The Super Bowl-Paradise Valley gelding is a 66 time career of almost $800,000 that was originally developed by Doug Ackerman.

Post time is 7:15 p.m. Eastern every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday at The Winter Capital Of Harness Racing. Free race night live streaming, handicapping selections by Hall of Fame inductee John Berry, and replays are in the 'racing' tab at www.theislepompanopark.com along with the full season racing schedule through July.