By Mark Ratzky, publicity – Cal Expo Harness
A $7,200 Open Pace headed by
arch-rivals Heza Real Diamond and Allmyx’sliventexas and a contentious $6,700
Open Distaff Pace are atop the marquee Friday evening at Cal Expo.
There will be 11 races
presented under the Watch and Wager LLC banner with first post set for 6:10
p.m.
The Open Pace will find Heza
Real Diamond leaving from the assigned 10 post in the field of eight, with
Allmyx’sliventexas doing his work from just inside that rival in the No. 9
slot.
Heza Real Diamond has posed
for pictures following four of his last six trips to the post, with two of
those victories coming at this Open level. The 4-year-old is owned by Orlando
Nevarez, takes his lessons from Edwin Quevedo and has Nick Roland steering.
In the last Open two weeks
ago, Heza Real Diamond also left from the No. 10 slot and Allymx’sliventexas
departed just inside him. The former was parked to the top at the quarter, took
complete control of the race from that point and went on to a two and a quarter
length score.
Allymx’sliventexas was
runner-up that evening after prevailing in two of the previous three Open
events. The 7-year-old homebred son of Hi Ho Silverheel’s races for Wayne and
Rod Knittel with Bob Johnson conditioning and Mooney Svendsen in his usual spot
in the sulky.
The hard-hitting performer
comes into this assignment with 36 wins from his 117 trips to the post, has
deposited $212,000 in his bank account and set his 1:50 lifetime standard two
years ago at Hoosier Park.
