Easy Again back to his winning ways

On the Sunday harness racing card at Running Aces, Easy Again posted an easy win to score his first victory of the season, in a very nice $7,700 conditioned pacing event. Driver Rick Magee had every confidence in his charge and did not hesitate to send Easy Again ($3.80) quickly off the gate from post 8 in the 9 horse contest, they easily cleared to the lead at the quarter pole in 28.1 and controlled things from there through very sensible fractions of 57.0 and 1:24.4 before blasting off and drawing away from his rivals with a 27.1 final quarter to register a 4 ¼ length score in 1:52. Easy Again is an 8 year old ridgling by Dragon Again, who now sports a resume of 35 lifetime wins and $915,113, he is owned by Dr. Ken and Jana Lee Rucker and Dr. Ken Rucker does the training.

Moon Is On Fire ($23.00) was very sharp in victory in the $6,000 second leg of the Minnehaha Fillies and Mares Claiming Pacing series, settling into the 3-hole early, Trainer/Driver Luke Plano smartly picked up second-over cover past the half and continued to advance, getting up by a neck at the wire to win in 1:54.4 over race-favorite Cheryls Surprise (Steve Wiseman). Moon is on Fire is owned by Dave haness. The series final will be held on Sunday, June 18.

In other Series action, E L Peacemaker ($5.80) made it  three in a row in capturing the $7,000 first division of thesecond leg of the Norrine C pacing series for fillies and mares, doing so in gate-to-wire fashion in 1:55.1, a lifetime best mile with Steve Wiseman in the sulky for trainer Brett Ballinger and owner Russell Crotchett.

In tonight’s other $7,000 split of The Norrine C , it was dominated by PennysFromHeaven ($6.20) a 3 year old filly by Rock N Roll Heaven who dominated with a sweeping move to pull away from her rivals in the stretch and register a 1:55.1 tally with an eye opening final quarter of 26.4 with Nick Roland in the bike for trainer Justin Anfinson and owner Tom Tetrick. The Norrine C series final will also be held on Sunday, June 18.

Nick Roland led all drivers on Sunday with a Grand Slam of 4 winners on the 12 race card, and Steve Wiseman and Tim Maier each had driving doubles on the night.

The next card of live Harness Racing at Running Aces Casino & Racetrack will go to post on Tuesday night, June 13 at 7:00 pm CDT, with a carryover in the .20 cent Jackpot Pick-5 wager of $10,774.91.

By Darin Gagne, Running Aces Track Announcer