JM BETONSIX TAKES BIG M FEATURE, UPS WIN STREAK TO THREE
By Dave Little, Meadowlands Media
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – JM Betonsix
picked up her third straight win racing for the hottest tandem anywhere as the
Yannick Gingras-driven, Ron Burke-trained 4-year daughter of Betting Line-Six
Of Hearts won the $18,500 high-end conditioned pacing feature for fillies and
mares at The Meadowlands Friday night.
Sent to the gate as the 4-5 favorite
despite leaving from the outermost post seven in the seven-horse field (there
was one scratch), JM Betonsix was able to cruise through fractions of :28, :56
and 1:24 unchallenged on the way to an easy 1-length victory in 1:52.2. Divine
Deo – another Burke student – sat the pocket throughout to get the place spot
with A Better Game third.
Gingras and Burke, who took home the
Driver of the Week and Trainer of the Week honors from Jan. 21-22 with 10 and
five wins, respectively, continued their early 2022 dominance at The Big M.
Last weekend’s races were canceled due to the winter storm that hit the region.
JM Betonsix won her last start at
Woodbine Mohawk Park on Dec. 31 of last year, then moved into Burke’s barn and
won again on Jan. 21 at The Meadowlands before completing the natural hat trick
Friday.
Owned by Frank Canzone and Gingras,
JM Betonsix returned $3.60 in winning for the sixth time from 26 lifetime
starts, good for a bank account of $74,163.
PICK-6 HIT: A double carryover of $14,033 in the
20-cent Pick-6 led to $61,639 in “new money” to create a total pool of $75,672,
and those who selected all six winners walked away with a handsome payout of
$2,012.86 after a sequence that was extremely haveable based on winner’s odds.
Starting in race eight and concluding
with race 13, the odds of the winning horses were 3-1, 3-5, 4-1, 4-5, 1-1 and
9-2.
