With Dan Clements at the controls, Appley Ever After darted to front and parked race favorite Talk To Tony and driver Fern Paquet Jr. to the quarter in 26.4. After pocket trip through the middle stages in 55.3 and 1:23.3, Appley Ever After found sufficient clearance in late stretch to stop the clock in 1:51.4. Red Star Paylater with Doug Brown in tow loomed bold out wide in the stretch but settled for third.
Appley Ever After was priced at $10,000 as recently as March 3. In his last four start in the track's top classes, the 5 year old Allamerican Ingot-Sandy Apple gelding has a pair of wins and a pair of runner-up finishes. Richard Noel of Livonia, MI owns the promising pacer along with trainer Mike Watson.
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