By Mark Ratzky, publicity – Cal Expo Harness
Getter Queen Flush is coming
off back-to-back solid efforts while joining forces with pilot Steve Wiseman
for the first time, the most recent resulting in a head victory last weekend.
The 6-year-old pacing
daughter of Jk Royal Flush is owned by Geoge Reider, Dave and Rob Haness and
Richard Thomas with Reider doing the training. She set her lifetime mark of
1:53 1/5 here in February with Mooney Svendsen in the bike.
Two starts back, Getter Queen
Flush ended up in a tough spot at the back of the pack early and found herself
with too much to do in the lane while eventually finishing second, then had
clear sailing in last week’s tour and prevailed as the 3-5 favorite.
“I was driving her for the
first time two weeks ago and I outthought myself and got her locked in,”
Wiseman related. “This last mile we got a good trip and she dug in after that
horse got past her nearing the wire.”
As for Reider, he’s became a
real fan of this hard-knocking performer. “There isn’t anything I don’t like
about this mare,” he noted. “She’s a pleasure to be around and she tries hard
every time.”
George also noted that Getter
Queen Flush didn’t know what a carrot or an apple was when she came to his
barn, “But now she’s a carrot and apple eating machine.”
She’s also turned into quite
a machine over the Cal Expo layout, posing for snapshots following four of her
12 races on the year. Will she add to that total in the coming weeks? Stay
tuned.
Eastender has top
billing in featured Pace
Eastender, who has been
knocking heads with the top pacers on the grounds, gets some class relief and
heads the field for Friday night’s main event.
Watch and Wager LLC will
present 12 races with first post set for 6:10 p.m. There will also be a trio of
California Sire Stakes for the 4-year-old pacers and trotters decided as
non-betting events prior to the regular card.
A 7-year-old son of Cheyenne
Rei out of the Abercrombie mare Eastside Becky, Eastender is owned by Maryann
Plano and Nikki Hudson and is reined and trained by Luke Plano.
Eastender will be looking for
his first win on the year in his seventh trip to the post, but has been doing
the majority of his work at the Open level while taking on the likes of
division leaders Allymx’sliventexas and I’m An Athlete.
He made nine trips to the
winner’s circle last season, including a lifetime-best 1:52 2/5 score over this
layout and should hit very hard in Friday’s softer spot. He will do his work
from the No. 6 post in the field of seven.
Gordie Graham will send out a
solid pair in Bettor in the Bank and Prodigal and they will both have a serious
say in the outcome with their top miles.
Rounding out the cast are
Dontdoubthelakers, who takes his lessons from Lester Smith; the Lino
Pacheco-conditioned Pancetta; Julerica from the Richard Remillard shedrow; and
the Rene Goulet trained-and-driven Blue Star Maverick.
