The $25,000 Open Trot featured an
ultra-competitive field of 11 in the 9th race feature on Saturday
night at The Meadowlands. The slight 2-1
favorite, Tweet Me began from a trailing position in the second tier. That mare was favored by a mere $82 over Uva
Hanover (also 2-1), in a win pool of over $55,000. Both favorites would lead at different points
of the mile, but the last horse to the lead would be Cash Me Out (5-1), who was
patiently handled by Jonathan Roberts and rallied from fourth-over position to
score in the featured trotting event.
Uva Hanover was the first horse to the
lead, reaching the quarter in 27.2, while Il Mago pressed while parked on the
outside. Hyway Marcus was anxious and
moved three-wide early-on in the mile for Joe Bongiorno, reaching the lead just
before the half-mile in 56.2. The early
leader, Uva Hanover, allowed both Hyway Marcus and Il Mago to go by before
moving back to the outside and challenging for the lead on the far turn. Detroit Rapper was slightly gapped second over,
favored Tweet Me was in striking range third over with Cash Me Out lurking in
the outer flow. Uva Hanover and Hyway
Marcus reached three-quarters in a contested 1:25.1 before the field fanned out
across the track in the stretch. Tweet
Me rallied down the center of the track to grab the lead in mid-stretch, but
was quickly challenged by Cash Me Out and the favorite could not hold off the
closing kick of Cash Me Out, who scored in a lifetime best 1:53.3. Tweet Me was second with Uva Hanover third.
The win was the 13th in the
career of Cash Me Out whose earnings reach $439,649 with the victory. He is
owned by Traylor Racing L.L.C. and conditioned by Kyle Spagnola. Jonathan Roberts was the winning driver.
Longshot Parade Sparks Huge Dividends
Saturday night at The Meadowlands
offered 15 races with 160 horses entered to start producing an average field
size of over 10 horses. What could be
better? The answer, massive payouts.
The Pick 5 returned $26,555 as there
was only one correct winning ticket with all five winners. In the same race, the jackpot super hi-five
was also hit and that returned $19,409 for a $.20 cent play.
Through the first seven races there
was only one winning favorite and the list of winners included 63-1 longshot
Celebrity Massive, 25-1 Celebrity Pegasus and 23-1 Alibi Seelster.
The run of longshot also produced an
Early Pick Four payout of $17,426.
