Jazzmanian Devil
attempts to overcome 10 post
By Mark Ratzky, publicity – Cal Expo Harness
Jazzmanian Devil is paying
the price for his recent success, as he has been assigned the No. 10 post
position for Sunday night’s Open Pace.
William Condon’s 5-year-old
has reached the charmed enclosure following four of his last five appearances
here, with the one setback being the time he was asked to leave from this
handicapped post on Aril 3.
It should be noted, however,
that it wasn’t the outside slot that likely did him in that evening, but an
equipment break. He has returned from that outing to rattle off a pair of
impressive victories for trainer Steve Wiseman and regular driver Mooney
Svendsen.
Meanwhile, Kissed The Boys is
one member of the cast in Sunday’s co-featured Sire Stakes who won’t mind if
the skies open up and rain comes down before this contest.
The Desomer Stables homebred
has won both her starts on off tracks, including the March 13 Sire Stakes which
found divisional leader My Little Susie having to settle for the exacta
completion.
Kissed The Boys has had her
main problems when the gate rolls, making miscues and being interfered with in
two of her last three trips to the post. She made a huge brush to the lead in
last week’s stakes gathering, but could not match the favorite when push came
to shove in the stretch.
“Once she gets away from
there, she’s pretty reliable,” Steve noted. “She has a lot of tenacity,
especially on an off track.”
My Little Susie, Kissed
The Boys clash
My Little Susie, who has
earned five stakes trophies at the meet: and Kissed The Boys, who has one and
was runner-up in the most recent big-money dance, have top billing in Sunday’s
$10,000 California Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotters at Cal Expo.
Ten races are on tap Sunday
with first post set for 6:25 and the Sire Stakes will be the third event on the
evening. This is the penultimate week of the meeting, with the curtain coming
down next Sunday, May 8.
My Little Susie is a daughter
of Claudius Augustus out of Sue’s Photo who campaigns for A Piece Of The Action
LLC, is conditioned by Gene Vallandingham and will once again have the services
of Chip Lackey.
Overall, she has posed for
pictures following nine of her 19 lifetime appearances and she established her
mark of 1:57 2/5 when winning a Sire Stakes here on February 28, one of five
such added-money contests she has captured at this stand.
In last week’s foray, she
proved a punctual 3-5 favorite as she did the track-and-attack to perfection
for Lackey, heading Kissed The Boys at midstretch and going on to a length and
three-quarters decision while stopping the timer in 1:58 flat.
Kissed The Boys is also a
daughter of Claudius Augustus from Charlotte’s Web who is owned and was bred by
The Desomer Stables and will have Steve Desomer giving directions.
Rounding out the field are
Lodi Bank Robber with Luke Plano; Sixstringsandapick, Mooney Svendsen; CW
Raisinette, Steve Wiseman; and Delta Breezeoflodi, Pierre Girard.
