Bombshell Betty tops 3yo trotters

The Sunday night harness racing card at Running Aces played host to the 3 year old Minnesota-Sired Trotters, competing for a robust $16,500 purse, and it would be the filly Bombshell Betty with Jim Marino driving who would charge fastest to the wire this night, stopping the clock in 2:00.4 and registering a ¾ length tally over Mr Jackpot (Dean Magee) and Margin's Echo (Rick Magee).

She got away 4th off the gate and was sent in motion just past the ½ mile pole by Marino with a first-over charge that took her all the way to the winner's circle. Bombshell Betty ($2.80) now sports 6 wins this season, and 8 lifetime for Owners Jesse De Long and Tabatha Canaar, she is Trained by Justin Anfinson.

The regular Sunday night feature is the $13,000 Open Handicap Pace for Horses & Geldings, and tonight's edition would see another very talented field of nine line up behind the gate for the contest.

When the gates folded HoldingAllTheCards ($8.20) with Dean Magee served immediate notice to the field that he meant business tonight, charging to the front, he faced a very strong challenge from Jazzmanian Devil (Mooney Svendsen) through the entire first ¾ of a mile, but he turned back all challengers and had the field stacked up 3-wide chasing him home. In the end HoldingAllTheCards, Trained by David Ginter would score by 1 length in 1:52.4, posting his 33rd lifetime win and 4th of the season, and padding his lifetime bankroll to $350,317 for Owners William & Richard Mc Intyre. Dry Ice (Steve Wiseman) checked in 2nd, and Prodigal (Kevin Anderson) was home third.

The next card of Live Harness racing Action at Running Aces will got to post on Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 7:00 pm CDT.

By Darin Gagne, Running Aces Track Announcer