In what appears to be the most competitive of all the
Heritage Drivers Series races the eight winning drivers in the
preliminaries are set to battle.
The field for that event has been drawn and drivers were assigned
to their pacers by a lottery drawing.
“On paper this is the most competitive of all the
Heritage Drivers Series races this year with nearly any of the eight pacers
having a chance to win,” noted Eric Warner, the track’s
Director of Racing. “Many of the competing drivers are among the tracks leaders
so it’s anybody’s ball game .”
Of the eight starting pacers their combined seasonal win
total is 44 with Doug’s Boy and Gin And Vermouth chiming in with 10 wins
each.
Strangely, one of the aforementioned 10-time winners, Gin
And Vermouth, is the favorite in the race and the other, Doug’s Boy, a 10-1
shot.
Jimmy Devaux, winner of the Maple Leaf Mile, will handle Gin
And Vermouth from post five while Alan Charles, winner of the Passover
Trot, will be up behind Doug’s Boy , a 1:59 winner in his last start, who’ll
leave from the seven-hole.. However, both pacers have won in 1:56 and a
piece this year.
Jimmy Taggart, Jr., winner of the St Paddy Pace, has drawn
7-2 rated EHI Guaglione, a winner of six races the fastest this season a 1:57.4
effort on Oct. 9. Also with merit is Super Killean, a 1:58.3 winner in his last
start who’ll be handled by Bobby Williams, Jr., who won the Dr Martin
Luther King Jr. Pace. The former will start from the pole position while the
latter will leave from the three-hole.
Other drivers in the event include Lisa Krom
(Lady Godiva) with High Point (5-1) from post two; Mike Forte (Godfather Pace)
with Amazda (6-1)from the four-hole; Zeke Parker ( Mayflower Mile) with
Sues Destroyer (8-1) from post six and Mike Merton (Munich Mile) with
Foomanchu (12-1)from the eight hole.
“This is a solid field and a great betting race,” track
announcer Howard Oil said after he looked over the official
program. “There’ll definitely be some good value in this race.”
After the third race on Thursday’s card one ethnicity will
have earned bragging rights on the strength of their representative driver’s
victory in the All-America Cup.
First post is at 12.25pm.
