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Monday, July 29, 2013

CKG Billings - EHRENBERG’S BILLINGS WINNER, DONNAMOM, WENT FROM THE FOOT GURU TO THE WINNERS CIRCLE



On Thursday July 10 Dave “Linemaster” Ehrenberg’s trotter, Donnamom, was scratched lame in the post parade in race 12 at Scioto Downs and it was determined that a quarter crack was the culprit which caused the pain for the  6 year old Ilooklikemymom  mare.

However, just 17 days later  after being scratched lame and put on the’ Vet’s List’,  Donnamom won a  Midwest Region Billings Trot at the Summit Fair at Northfield Park with Ehrenberg at the controls in an very creditable 1:58.1 clocking.

According to Ehrenberg, a real estate magnate from  Westerville, Ohio,  there was only one thing to do with his sore-footed trotting mare and that was to take her to Buffalo Raceway for a consultation with the ‘foot guru’, Rusty Freeman.

“Rusty looked her over, worked his magic, and when we left his shop Donnmom was perfectly sound. It was incredible,” Ehrenberg related. “So sound that less than two weeks later (on July 23) I qualified her at Scioto (Downs) and won the race in 2:00. She was perfect.”

Five days after that Donnamom won her first betting race of the year after eight starts when Ehrenberg guided her to an easy Billings victory at Northfield Park on July 27.

In that Billings Trot last Saturday over Northfield Park’s speedy double-oval, Donnamom was sent of second choice (5-2) in the six horse field but she won it like a 1-9 favorite.

When the gate sprung  Bob “the Lumberman” Troyer gunned  Gracious Man to the lead only to yield command to Michelle “the Belle” Ruvola, with Life Long Hanover, who then allowed the betting favorite Tabulator, driven by “Marvelous Marv” Raber, to lead the way.

Up the backside  the second time around Ehreneberg,  who was in fourth position, moved his trotting mare and she  was second on the outside as they passed the third stanza. By the time they were at the head of the stretch Donnamom had five lengths on her opponents which she opened to  eight lengths at the wire.

Ruvola and Life Long Hanover finished second when they trotted past third place finisher, Tabulator   in the deep stretch.

“We trotted a :29.1 final quarter and she (Donnamom) was  as good as she’s ever been,” Ehrenberg added.

The current top nine in points in the Midwest Region are eligible to start in that region’s  Summer Final at The Meadows which will be contested on Saturday August 10.