A recent arrival at the Mighty M, up from Pompano Park where
he had two trips to post with only a fourth and fifth place finish to
show for his efforts and when he made his Monticello Raceway
debut on Wednesday afternoon, April 18 from post position seven in
the winner’s over trot he was dismissed by the betting public and
sent off at odds of 70-1.
Undeterred by the public’s lack of interest in his trotter’s
ability, driver Fern Paquet, Jr. sent the altered son of Conway Hall
immediately to the front and they had a 2- length command at the first stanza
in a :29.4 clocking. From there Paquet kept the pedal to the metal and Typical
New Yorker trotted each of the next two quarters in :29.4 and when he
reached the third split they were still a length and a half better than
runner-up Sin To Win (Zeke Parker) as the timer tripped 1:29.2.
As Paquet and company trotted the final turn and headed for
paydirt the challenges were coming from everywhere. Still undaunted,
Paquet high-lined and urged his trotter to the finish and when they
reached the wire Typical New Yorker was head victor over the
veteran Samsawinner and driver Kevin Switzer, Jr. in a 2:00
clocking. Third place went to Imallottocatch for Mike Forte.
However, when the mutuel prices were posted Typical New Yorker’s
payoffs were anything but typical. Across the board he paid $143.00 for win,
92.00 for place and $75.00 for show. The 7-3 exacta was worth $511 while
the 7-3-5 trifecta returned $8402.00. And anyone lucky enough to hold the
7-3-5-1 superfecta ticket it was worth a whopping $25,258.00.
Trained by Michelle Hallett, trains Typical New Yorker and
co-owned the 4-year old trotter with Michelle Oglesby and Roger Doire,
all from south Florida.
