Plainville, MA— Leading at every station, Deadline Hall (Muscle Mass) came up with a big harness racing win in the $25,000 Open Handicap trot at Plainridge Park on Monday (June 30) afternoon.

Deadline Hall (Aaron Byron) took the lead from By The Book (Kevin Switzer Jr.) at the quarter and then took the field to the half in :56.3. As they headed up the backstretch, A New Leader (Mitchell Cushing) made a bid from behind and moved up to third on the rim as they passed three-quarters in 1:24.3. With the pack bunching around the far turn, Deadline Hall continued to trot with authority and turned back late bids by By The Book and Marquis Lafayette (Bruce Ranger) to win by 1-1/4 lengths in 1:53.1.

DEADLINE HALL REPLAY

Deadline Hall ($8.60) is owned by S&K Misfit Racing and VIP Internet Stable and trained by Amanda Kelley.

In the $20,900 upper-level conditioned trot, Sforza (Bruce Ranger) moved second-over at the half behind Bill Bauer (Brett Beckwith) in pursuit of the front-running Heavens Pic (Nick Graffam) who led the field through three-quarters in 1:25.1. Coming off the last turn, Ranger tipped Sforza off cover and barreled down the center of the lane to catch Heavens Pic by a head at the light in 1:54.3.

STORZA REPLAY

Sforza ($4.20) is owned by Greathorse and trained by Domenico Cecere.

Cecere also sent two other winners postward, both 3-year-olds. Those winners were Not Uncertain (1:56.4, $2.80) and Riviera Princess (1:55.4, $4.00), who is a Mass-bred filly that is eligible to the lucrative Massachusetts Breeders Stake later this year.

Another Mass-bred, Mass-eligible 3-year-old trotting filly winner on Monday was Paul Kelley’s Onthemonihoney ($21.00), who equaled her lifetime mark of 1:56.4 with her victory.

Live racing will resume at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (July 1) at 4 p.m. and there will be a $6,889 carryover in the Wicked Hi-5 pentafecta in race six.

Free full past performance programs and race replays for all live racing days at Plainridge Park can be found at plainridgeparkcasino.com.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Tim Bojarski, for Plainridge Park