The Featured Event on the harness racing card at Running Aces tonight was the $6,000 2 Year old Open pace, and it was another display of talent from the filly WhatitdoBabyBoo (by Voracious Hanover), as she put forth a come-from-behind winning effort this night with Steve Wiseman in the bike.
Wiseman was in no particular hurry with his filly off the gate and settled away seventh from the gate during the 29.2 quarter mile, they began their rally from 7th on the outside at the very soft 1:01.2 half and continued to rally on the outside from 4th at the ¾ pole , and drove past the leaders to post a ¾ length tally with a 27.3 last quarter and an eye-opening 55.2 final half – stopping the clock at 1:58.1. This was the 3rd straight win and a new lifetime mark for this talented filly, owned by Van Oterloo Stables and trained by David Flynn. She paid just $2.80 as the race favorite.
The sharp pacing mare MJ's Last Dance was also razor sharp tonight, posting her second dominating performance in a row in a $6,000 conditioned pace for fillies and mares. Trainer/Driver Luke Plano sent her right to the lead again this evening from post four, and she was never in doubt with a commanding performance in 1:54.2, pacing her final stanza in 28.1 to keep her rivals at bay. The final margin was 1¾ lengths, and she paid $6.20 at the windows.
Dakota Jack (A Piece of The Action LLC) also shined on the Tuesday card, posting his 3rd local win in 4 local starts, in 1:54.4 tonight with Trainer/Driver Steve Wiseman in tow, they dominated the proceedings with a gate-to wire score by 2¾ lengths, throwing down a 27.0 final quarter, paying just $2.20 as the very heavy chalk, with Grey Bell (Rick Magee) second, and Polar Vortex (Ryan Lems) home third.
The next card of Live Harness Racing at Running Aces goes to post Wednesday, August 10 at 7:00 pm CDT.
By Darin Gagne, Running Aces Track Announcer