After an extremely rough trip Kelly “Sky” Walker and Rush N
Supreme finally wore down the pace –setter and then held off House
Money and Howie “the Horse” Gelfand to score a neck victory in
1:57.4 in the C.K.G Billings Series trot at Mohawk Racetrack on Monday
September 30.
Sent off as the even money favorite from the three-hole in
the 10-horse field, Walker found a spot along the pylons in fifth position and
stayed there until the field approached the half. At that point he moved his
trotter to the outside to challenge the leader O U Gus, driven by “Racin’
Jason” Sgrignuoli, but he was still three lengths in the rears as the passed
the half mile marker.
Still on the outside but only a length back as the two
trotted by the third stanza Rush N Supreme wore the leader down on the
final turn and then rebuffed a late charge from House Money who was
enjoying a covered two-hole trip. Third place, two lengths behind the winner
was Brown Town Lefty with “Dynamite Dave” Drew aboard.
“Once we cleared we opened up a few lengths on the field and
in doing so my horse sort’a let up and didn’t see Gelfand , who came charging
hard in the deep stretch,” Walker related. “When I heard him coming I went to
work on my horse and I said to him (Rush N Supreme) out loud “if we lose
the race it won’t be my fault it’ll your fault.“I’m sure he didn’t
understand me but I got him wound up again and we won it.
“My trainer Terry Tomlin trucked Rush N Supreme
and another of my trotters to Mohawk which was about a four hour drive
from home. The other horse broke and it would have been a long ride home if we
came up completely empty.
Next Billings action is at Monticello Raceway on
Wednesday.
