He had to work a bit harder this time, but time to quit was victorious once
again, winning his division of the second round of the Super Bowl by a
hard-fought nose over Cajole Hanover in 1:55.1. Despite being labeled as
the “horse to beat” in the series, Time To Quit escaped as the second choice in
the wagering at 2-1. Cajole Hanover received all the late attention at
the windows, coming off a trip that saw him make up a ton of ground following a
break. The two favorites trotted to the wire together, with Time To Quit
getting his nose on the wire first for the tandem of Yannick Gingras and Ron
Burke. Time To Quit is owned by Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC
and Phillip Collura.
Clementine Dream sporting several equipment changes, turned a live cover trip
into a fairly easy win in his Super Bowl division in 1:55.2 for Scott Zeron,
who scored a double on the card. Clementine Dream joins Time To Quit,
Donatella Hanover (who skipped round 2), Home Turf and Ray Hall has winners in
the first two rounds in the Super Bowl. Clementine Dream is owned by
Racing Team of America and Brian Paquet.
The Super Bowl Final will be contested on Wednesday, January 22nd,
which is the final night of live racing before the NFL Super Bowl break.
The biggest story of the night may have been the on-track handle which soared
40-percent over this same Thursday in 2013. Combined with an increase in
export as well, the total handle of $2,069,125 was a near 10-percent increase
over that same card.
Racing resumes on Friday, with first post time at 7:15 P.M.
