With Corey Callahan at the lines, Googoo Gaagaa [$3] made
the lead just before the before the half and opened up in the lane to take the
first of two Simpson divisions on the card in 1:54.1. Royal Shyster and
Gym Tan Laundry were a distant second and third, respectively.
Now eight-for-nine lifetime, Googoo Gaagaa was undefeated in
six starts last year. He set a world record for a 2-year-old trotter on a
half-mile track with a 1:56 victory in the Maryland Sires Stakes Final on
August 25, 2011 at Ocean Downs. Ironically, the cross-bred colt is the
son of a pacer, Cam ’s Rocket, out of the Veeba
Rova mare K ora’s Trotter. He
is owned, bred and trained by Richard Hans of Westminster , MD.
After being parked the whole way, Riverfest [$6.40] gamely
dug in to take the $51,375 fillies division in 1:55.2. The daughter of
Windsong’s Legacy-Royal Roz improved her record to five wins in seven career
starts for trainer/co-owner Joseph K ing
and partner Marvin Meyer.
