Still, Runaway Energy again copped the pacing feature but
this week the 7-year-old Bettor’s Delight gelding was strung out to win by a
length in a 1:57.2 clocking. Last week the pacer was victorious in 1:56.
Jimmy Devaux was again at the controls for trainer Tyler
Nostadt and they used the front-end route to victory. But before Devaux pulled
the plugs on Runaway Energy it appeared that Zeke Parker and In A Craze was
about to go by them.
“ My horse was lazy on the front-end and Zeke was coming on
strong” Devaux related. “Actually when we straightened for home I thought we
were going to get beat. But the big guy let Zeke’s horse get to his head but he
wouldn’t let him go by. He (Runaway Energy) raced real game.
Parker ended-up second best and Ruthless Ace and driver Rick
Dane, Jr. took home the show dough.
Runaway Energy, owned and trained by Tyler Nostadt of
Maidstone, ON paid $4.10 for win.
The co-featured pace went to DVC Gifted Indeed and driver
Bruce Aldrich, Jr. in a gutsy 1:58 as they held off Haroun Hanover (Jimmy
Marohn, Jr.) , who once again was a bridesmaid after recording 11 previous
victories earlier this season.
“The track was mealy after the rains and though my horse
raced well I didn’t think he’d win it today. But he surprised me and hung tough
and seemed to get brave when Haroun Hanover couldn’t get to by us in the
stretch,” Aldrich said.
Last week Aldrich and DVC Gifted Indeed teamed- up for a
1:56 triumph in the same class.
Owned by Irwin Kaplan of Merrick, NY and trained by
Bob Lounsbury, DVC Gifted Indeed scored his third consecutive victory and
eighth overall this year. The pacer paid $8.80 for win.
In yet another race in what might be determined as ‘the feel-good department’, driver Rick Dane, Jr. made his longtime owner Richard Dorsch (Rock and Roll Stable) a happy man.
“Five years ago Richard claimed Distinct Victory for $20,000
and we’ve made about a quarter of a million dollars with the horse since then,”
Dane said. “Today (April 30) was Richard’s birthday and he was pleasantly
surprised when Distinct Victory won again for him.”
Dane reined the 10 year old Artiscape gelding to a come-
from-behind triumph in a time of 1:58. Their neck victory over the Bruce Aldrich,
Jr.-driven Shadytown kept Aldrich from winning five races on the
10- race card.
Still it was another big day for Bruce Aldrich, Jr. He
reined four more winners and now has a commanding lead over runner-up
Jimmy Marohn, Jr.(134-88).
With 175 winners this season Aldrich ranks eighth in races
won on the North American leaderboard
