Hi-Five carryover with
25K guarantee set
By Mark Ratzky, publicity – Cal Expo Harness
A $7,839 Hi-Five carryover
will add some intrigue to Saturday night’s 10th race, courtesy of
several double-digit performers filling out those spots in last Sunday
evening’s nitecap.
The Hi-Five is a 20-cent
wager that challenges players to pick the first five finishers across the line
and Saturday night there will be a $25,000-guaranteed gross pool.
That task proved to be too
difficult a task for the players on Sunday when As Hot As Hall and Luke Plano
stormed home to a $27 upset over the 29-1 I’m Confident, with 10-1, 6-1 and
15-1 shots right behind them.
Looking at Saturday’s 10th
race, it’s a Open III contest for pacing fillies and mares with a field of nine
set to face starter Ken Fowler. Racing secretary Robin Schadt has basically
divided the field into two parts, with four of the distaffers drawing for the
inside slots, while the other five drew for the outside post positions.
Steve Wiseman conditions two
of the major players, as he will guide Part Time Lady from the No. 5 slot,
while David Siegel has the assignment behind Surprisingly Sweet, who does her
work from the No. 8 post.
A reminder that there are two
wagers offered here each night with a reduced 16 percent takeout rate. They are
the 50-cent Pick 5, which this season features a 25 percent minor pool payout;
and the 20-cent Pick 4, which comes with a $30,000-guaranteed gross pool on
Saturdays and $25,000 guarantee on Sundays.
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Next week will find the
trotters and pacers in action on Friday and Saturday, February 5 and 6, with no
live racing on Super Bowl Sunday, February 7.
Lonnie Beck final, Open
Pace have spotlight
Allmyx’sliveintexas, who has
turned in three solid efforts at this meeting including a romping score in the
first leg, gets top billing in Saturday night’s Lonnie Beck Series final for
the 3-year-old pacers, while a contentious field is set for the co-featured
Open I Pace.
There will be 13 races on tap
with first post set for 6:15 p.m. The Lonnie Beck goes as the third event on
the evening and the Open I Pace occupies the 12th-race spot on the
card.
A homebred son of Hi Ho
Silverheel’s out of the Distinguishedbaron mare Annie Get Your Gun,
Allmyx’sliveintexas races for Wayne and Rod Knittel with Bob Johnson the
conditioner and Mooney Svendsen once again in the sulky.
The bay performer made his
debut on January 10 and finished a promising second, then suited up for the
first leg of the Lonnie Beck the following week and made 4-5 look like a gift
with a five and a quarter length romp with a 1:57 1/5 tour of the oval.
Allmyx’sliveintexas suited up
in a conditioned event at most recent asking and finished third behind the 1-5
Hi Ho Houdini, earning a 1:56 individual clocking. He looms strictly the one to
beat off those first three outings.
Mattachusetts gives the
Knittel/Johnson team another strong look at the outcome with Steve Wiseman at
the controls. He put in a strong late move to earn his graduation papers last
weekend and the son of Crisis Situation appears to be headed in the right
direction.
Completing the field the
Junior Wilkinson-trained One More Chance with Chip Lackey handling the lines
and Midnight Adventure, who hails from the Gordie Graham shedrow and will have
James Kennedy in the sulky.
