Hi Ho stakes time for
Mooney Svendsen
By Mark Ratzky, publicity – Cal Expo Harness
Mooney Svendsen is currently
piloting the leaders of both the 3 and 4-year-old Sire Stakes male pacing
divisions in Allmyx’sliventexas and Army Of One.
Both are homebred sons of Hi
Ho Silverheel’s who compete for Wayne and Rod Knittel and take their lessons
from Bob Johnson. Allmyx’sliventexas is coming off one of the most sizzling
races of the meeting, winning the first stakes of the season for his division
by 11 lengths in a sparkling 1:51 4/5 front-end performance.
“Bob and I felt he was
sitting on a big race, because he’d been racing from off the pace and coming an
amazing last three-quarters,” Svendsen explained. “Even that with, I was
surprised at the mile he went.
“Usually when I let him roll
he relaxes perfectly and I can drive him with two fingers, but that night he
was like a rocket. He grabbed that bit and I did all I could just to hold on.
He was unbelievable.”
Army Of One has accounted for
both of the Sire Stakes for the 3-year-old colts, scoring an easy victory in
the first and then just holding on by a head in the most recent big-money clash
last week after carving out all the fractions.
“He’s got a lot of potential,
and might turn to be as good as Allmyx’sliventexas,” Mooney related. “He’s only
had five races and his problem is he’s still pretty green.
Featured Trot brings
out well-matched field
A conditioned Trot headed by
Kickinitwithkohler, Big Baller and Lodi Dorian Blues gets the marquee treatment
on Friday night at Cal Expo.
First post for the Watch and
Wager LLC program is 6:15 p.m. The main event will go as the sixth race,
and there will also be a non-betting California Sire Stakes for the 4-year-old
trotters to be decided prior to the regular card.
Kickinwithkohler is a 5-year-old
daughter of Southwind Breeze and the Go Get Lost mare Shove-off who races for
Tonight’s The Knight, is trained by Kennedy Lindsey and will have the services
of James Kennedy.
The hard-knocking mare
rattled off back-to-back conditioned victories on February 10 and 18, using a
strong closing kick to get the job done, then stepped up to the Open for last
week’s assignment.
While not match for
heavily-favored Silverlode and runner-up My Little Susie, Kickinitwithkohler
did put in a solid rally for the show money that night and looms a major player
in Friday’s line-up.
Big Baller is a 10-year-old
son of Panama Hanover who goes about his business for the partnership of
Siegel, Robinson, Thronson and Reider with George Reider the conditioner and David
Sigel at the controls.
Big Baller recorded his most
recent tally on January 14, parlaying a pocket trip into a length and
three-quarters decision. He subsequently finished fourth in the Gary Budahn
Final and fifth in last week’s Open and should appreciate the class relief for
this assignment.
