And why shouldn’t they have been so confident? After all,
Tracey’s Song had five consecutive wins prior to the race and now has won for
the sixth time in seven seasonal starts, this one is a seasons best 1:58.1.
Trainer Bob Lounsbury again handed the lines to Bruce
Aldrich Jr. who gunned the mare to the front from the pole position and
they took early command only to yield to Romi Mystic and driver Jimmy
Marohn, Jr. as they approached the first quarter.
But no sooner had Romi Mystic taken the lead Aldrich was out
and going with Tracys Song and they retook in a soft :29.3 quarter.
Being such an odds-on favorite
Aldrich was able quell all comers and get away unchallenged in a 1:00
half. However, plenty of challenges came up the backside but
no one could seize the lead from Tracy’s Song.
When she led the crowded field
off the final turn she began to open some daylight and then cruised home in
a :28.3 final stanza en route to an easy three length winner
in a 1:58.1 clocked mile.
Biding Her Time (Jimmy Devaux), who rallied
strongly up the backside ,held on for second money while Romi Mystic
finished third.
Tracys Song paid $2.10 across the board.
After the race trainer Bob Lounsbury and owner Nancy Fugure
joined director of racing Eric Warner and others for the winner’s circle
presentation.
“Look here, she’s still rearing to go,” Lounsbury
said jokingly as Tracys Song began to rear-up and dance and shuffle
around while he was holding her by the head for the photograph. “She’s
ready to go another mile,” he laughed .
“You can bet we’ll raise her price tag the next time she
races here,” chimed happy owner Nancy Fugere. “She’s been too good to us to
lose her, now.”
With her sixth seasonal victory Tracys Song joins seven
others as the horses with the most wins in North America thus far this year.
