The J P Stables' All Charged Up ($3.10) swung wide off a
second-over trip to collar Bettorhaveanother in Wednesday (August 10) evening's
featured $9,000 distaff pace at Vernon Downs.
Trainer-driver John MacDonald settled off the pace with the
5-year-old Ponder mare, sliding second-over to follow cover provided by Keene
Olivia (Claude Huckabone, III) with seven-sixteenths of the one-mile journey to
go. All Charged Up swung three-wide off the far turn, sustaining her bid after
pacesetter Bettorhaveanother (Chris Lems) repelled a stiff challenge from Keene
Olivia. All Charged Up would claim her 19th career win just outside the
sixteenth pole, reeling in Bettorhaveanother and drawing away to prevail by
1-1/4 lengths in 1:51.4 over fast going. Asset Management (Fern Paquet, Jr.)
mounted strong belated gains to just miss the runner-up spot.
For leading driver John MacDonald, the featured win was one
of five on the nine-race card.
Live racing returns to Vernon Downs on Thursday (August 11)
evening, with first post set for 6:45 p.m. Eastern.
