Cowboy Cold, Young American in co-features
By Mark Ratzky, publicity – Cal Expo Harness
An
Open II Pace for fillies and mares featuring Young American and an Open III
Pace headed by Cowboy Cold share the spotlight at Cal Expo on Sunday night.
There will be 12 races under the Watch and Wager LLC banner with a 5 p.m. first
post.
Young
American comes into the distaff feature having captured three of her last four
starts. A 6-year-old daughter of American Ideal, she is owned by Jennifer
Petrelli and Raynor Marsland, hails from Marissa Tyler and will once again be
guided by Frank Petrelli while leaving from the outside slot in the field of
nine.
Her
first two decisions came in conditioned company on November 7 and 22, with the
latter score resulting in a 1:53 1/5 final clocking that equaled the mark she
established two years ago.
Young
American stepped up to this Open II level for last week’s assignment and was
able to continue her winning ways as the 3-1 second choice. Petrelli sat back
with the mare for the opening half, made a powerful move on the final bend and
prevailed by a length and a half over favored Winsun T Bird, who will again be
among her rivals.
Cowboy
Cold is getting relief in the Open III for the males and should have his share
of supporters. A son of Cheyenne Rei, he goes about his business for Kc C
Carvalho with Luke Plano reining and training.
Cowboy
Cold, who set his lifetime standard of 1:52 2/5 this summer at Running Aces,
started off the meet here with a powerful coast-to-coast score on October 24
while taking the measure of the top pacers on the grounds.
The
Plano trainee has had his problems in three subsequent starts, but this drop in
class could do wonders for his outlook as he returns after having skipped a
week. He leaves from the No. 7 post in a field of nine.
Pick 4 and Pick 5 offer great wagering value
If
you’re looking for a little extra bang for your buck, check out the 50-cent
Pick 5 and the 20-cent Pick 4 at Cal Expo, which both come with a reduced 16
percent takeout rate.
The
Pick 5 is always on the first five races of the evening and this season
features a 25 percent minor pool payout, while the 20-cent Pick 4 is made up of
the final four races and comes with a $25,000-guaranteed gross pool.
A
good example of the value offered by these low takeout wagers would be last
Saturday night’s Pick 5, which saw the favorites having a tough time of things.
As a result, the Pick 5 returned a juicy $12,023 for half a buck.
Had
the payoff been calculated with the normal takeout rate for that wager, the
return would still have been nice at $10,734.60, but that’s a difference of
nearly $1,300.
The
key to this bonanza came in the second race of the night courtesy of the
11-year-old gelding Ray’s Rayzer, who is owned and trained by Edwin Quevado and
had the services of Tony Succarotte.
By
far the longest shot in the field at 22-1 off a couple of less than stellar
efforts, Ray’s Rayzer dug down for some of that back class in the stretch and
flew home to prevail by a length and a half.
Putting
that winner together with Shake Your Cancan at 7-1, At Last at 3-1, Real
Attitude at 6-5 (second choice) and Young American at 3-1 resulted in the very
nice payday. Jump right into that Pick 4 and Pick 5 pool here at Cal Expo, the
water is fine.
