Their confidence was rewarded when Tremendous Hit rallied in
the lane to score and easy two length triumph in a 2:01:3 clocking, his fourth
of the season.
With Peter “the Past President” Gerry cutting the
fractions aboard Drill Sergeant Sam, Hechkoff was content to sit a
pocket and wait for a later moment to make any move at the leader.
Gerry got the field by the half-way point in 1:01:3
and up the backside was the time that Hechkoff chose to mount a charge. But at
nearly the same time that Hechkoff moved so did Dave “Steady As” Yarock
with Rompaway Alvin. Tremendous Hit moved steadily toward the
leader as did Rompaway Alvin who was three-deep on the far outside and
the three trotters passed the third stanza heads apart. But still Drill
Sergeant Sam had the lead and the pylons.
Around the final turn Gerry’s charge had already used his
best strides and Tremendous Hit and “the headhunter” came calling . No
sooner did both trotters straightened in the lane than Tremendous Hit proved
his superiority and trotted off to a two length triumph in a solid 2:01.3
clocking. Drill Sergeant Sam held second while Rompaway Alvin finished
third.
“He’s a grand old campaigner and a real veteran of the
racing wars,” a happy Bob Hechkoff said about his Tremendous Hit. “He knows
what to do without much urging and his motor is still pretty big for an
11-year-old.”
For Hechkoff, an executive recruiter, it marked his
third driving victory in just eight seasonal starts and his 33rd
of his amateur driving career. And the victory was the 40th
for Tremendous Hit
Tremendous Hit, trained by Brandon Simpson for the RBH
Ventures Inc. of New York City, paid $4.40 for win.
