By john manzi for NAADA
Like
the weather David Glasser is also heating up. The insurance and financial
services professional notched his second victory in his last three trips behind
the mobile starting gate when he reined Winwood Scout to a 1:59.1 wire-
to- wire triumph in the fifth division of the North American Amateur Drives
Association’s summer trotting series tonight (July 7) at Yonkers Raceway. Two
weeks ago, on June 24th at Tioga Downs, Glasser was victorious
with Celebrity Stimulus, another trotter that he owns,
Up
behind his own Winwood Scout tonight, Glasser hustled the veteran trotter to
the front and they had a two-length lead on Rev It Now and driver Hannah Miller
as they passed the first stanza in :28.4.
From
there Glasser let his horse breeze as the next two fractions of :59.4 and
1:29 flashed on the timer.
After
putting away Rev It Now, Winwood Court had a three-length lead on the
final turn but braced from late challenges from Wygant Prince (Paul Minore) and
Tony Verruso’s Flirting Duezy. But through the lane Glasser’s charge hung tough
and went on to a one-length victory over Wygant Prince with Flirting
Duezy garnering the show dough.
After
the race Glasser shared his thoughts
.
“I
drew the rail with a nice horse who fit the nw6001 class by $80,” he offered,
and then continued, “Scout gets fussy at the gate and I've lost him twice there
in races at The Meadowlands (meaning he went off-stride) and I was determined
not to let that happen tonight. After we got past
the gate and to the front he knew what to do better than me."
Winwood
Scout notched his sixth victory in 16 starts this year and raised his lifetime
earnings to over $280,000. Glasser scored his 4thseasonal driving
victory and the 36th of his amateur career.
