By john manzi for NAADA
Alan
Schwartz has more driving victories than any other amateur driver competing
today and at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday evening he added another win his
career total when he guided Lady’s Big Stormont to a 1:59 triumph in the
$6000 NAADA Trot.
In
that contest when the field approached the starting point Hannah Miller’s
horse, Father Amiga, went off stride and after seeing that mishap Schwartz gunned
his charge to the lead from the pole position in the non-wagering trot which
was presented prior to the first race on the betting card.
Lady’s
Big Stormont led the field by the first quarter in :28.3 and after a 1:00
half the 5-year-old altered son of Earl of Stormont put two 29 and change
quarters together to score two length victory over Bob Hechkoff’s,
Justtherighttouch. Joe Faraldo and Signal Hill OK finished third some three
lengths behind the winner.
“I
guess everything went my way tonight. I had a good horse; I had the pole; and I
got to the front easily,” Schwartz said. “Then they lined up behind me and my
trotter was never really challenged as we coasted along on the engine. In the
stretch he (Lady’s Big Stormont) was strong and we won it quite handily.”
The
win was the seventh of the season for Lady’s Big Stormont, whom Schwartz
claimed earlier this year. He is trained by Raheim Strong. And for Schwartz, it
was his the ninth win of the season and his 573rd of his amateur
career.
