Wineonefordoug wins one
for Doug and Rick
By Mark Ratzky, publicity – Cal Expo Harness
The 6-year-old pacer
Winonefordoug turned in a game mile last weekend with Steve Wiseman to pick up
his first snapshot of the season for Doug Flores and Rick Bertrand, with
Bertrand the conditioner.
Flores and Bertrand also
campaign the stakes-winning trotting mare Dougs Hobby Horse and have done very
well with another trotter named Jailer, who has recorded some big miles over
this layout.
“My partner Doug is from
California and retired a few years ago from a hobby shop that was owned by he
and his wife Lorraine,” related Bertrand. “He always enjoyed coming out to
watch the races and some years ago asked if I wanted to go 50-50 on a horse.
“Now we’ve had our share,
including one that we had the chance to rename Winonefordoug, and then Dougs
Hobby Horse, which he bred.”
Dougs Hobby Horse is
scheduled to do battle in Saturday’s second race, getting ready for next week’s
Sire Stakes, while Winonefordoug turns up in the seventh race.
A reminder that there are two
wagers offered here that come with a reduced 16 percent takeout rate. They are
the 50-cent Pick 5, which features a 25 percent minor pool payout; and the
20-cent Pick 4, which comes with a $25,000-guaranteed gross pool on Saturdays
and a $25,000 on Sundays.
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This is the penultimate week
of harness racing at the spring meeting, with the curtain coming down next week
with cards on Saturday and Sunday, May 7 and 8.
Allmyx’sliventexas,
Moonstone Beach hold spotlight
A pair of $10,000 California
Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacers have center stage Saturday at Cal Expo, with
stablemates Allmyx’sliventexas and Moonstone Beach looking to continue a clean
sweep of the big-money events for their respective divisions.
An 11-race program is on tap
under the banner of Watch and Wager LLC with first post set for 6:25 p.m. The
Sire Stakes for the pacing colts goes as the third event on the evening, while
the pacing filly stakes will be decided as a non-betting affair prior to the
regular card.
Allymx’sliventexas and
Moonstone Beach are both owned and were bred by Wayne and Rod Knittle with Bob
Johnson the conditioner and Mooney Svendsen in his usual position in the sulky.
Allymx’sliventexas is a son
of Hi Ho Silverheel’s out of the Distinguishedbaron mare Annie Get Your Gun. He
comes into this assignment having posed for pictures following seven of his 11
starts, including a leg of the Lonnie Beck Series and all six Sire Stake for
the pacing males.
In last week’s gathering, the
Knittel colorbearer was sent off as the 1-9 favorite and had little trouble
making every pole a winning one, coming a :27 3/5 final quarter to seal the
deal by two and three-quarter lengths.
Completing the cast are Rock
Of Ages with Mark Kennedy; One More Chance, Luke Plano; Mathachusetts, to be
handled by Steve Wiseman; and Midnight Adventure, James Kennedy.
Moonstone Beach is likewise
putting her perfect Sire Stakes record on the line as the daughter of Crisis
Situation shoots for her eighth win from nine appearances. Little Emma, who
missed by a half-length to her last week; and Plain Awesome will round out the
field.
