My Little Susie re-writes the record books

One of the featured events on the Wednesday night harness racing card at Running Aces was the $11,000 Fillies & Mares Open Trot, and it would be the 3 year old filly My Little Susie (by Claudius Augustus) who would re-write the record books in the contest tonight, with her 1:56.4 victory over older mares.

Heavily favored in the wagering, My Little Susie was away unhurried early in the mile as several others vied for the early positions, Trainer/Driver Steve Wiseman was content to steer his filly over to the pylons in fifth early, and let the race set up, they waited patiently through the fractions of 28.4 and 59.3 before making a sweeping move to the lead at the three-quarter pole in 1:28.2, from there she stormed home in 28.2 and was never in doubt. Flashy lady (Tim Maier) was second in the mile and Trot Fudge Sundae (another Aces record-holder) was third with Rick Magee in the bike.

My Little Susie is Owned by A Piece of The Action, LLC. She paid $2.40 at the windows.

The other featured event was the $15,000 Minnesota-Sired 2 year old Trot, and it was another filly Silent Dreams (2:04.2) who recorded another impressive win over the boys with Dean Magee in the sulky, in fact the two fillies in the field dominated the proceedings for the second consecutive week, with ImaPixieAtMidnight (Nick Roland) setting the fractions and Silent Dreams trotting by in the stretch to win by 2 lengths, which is exactly what happened last week as well. This was the 4th win in just 5 lifetime starts for Silent dreams, owned by Glen & Jody Wilson. She has now earned $31,400, and she paid just $2.10 as the heavy favorite in the field.

Another impressive performance among many this night was MJ's Last Dance ($7.60), an 8 year old mare by Electric Yankee who posted her 24th lifetime win with Trainer/Driver Luke Plano in the sulky, establishing a new lifetime mark of 1:53.1 in the process. This talented mare was sharp off the gate from the rail position in the 6 horse field, and dominated the proceedings with fractions of 28.3, 57.1 and 125.0 before sprinting home in 28.1 and leaving her rivals behind. She was never in doubt and cruised to the wire with a 1¼ length tally.

She now sports $186,782 in career purse earnings for Owners Christopher Schick and Mary Ann Plano. She was named as a tribute to the late Michael Jackson by her breeder, Virginia Schick.

Driver Steve Wiseman had another big night, posting a Hat-Trick on The card.

The Running Aces product continues to build, and we posted a new record for Wednesday Live Racing this evening. Thank you to all of our loyal Aces fans, and all of our newest fans as well.

The next card of Live Harness Racing action will go to post on Saturday, August 6 at 6:00 pm CDT.

By Darin Gagne, Running Aces Track Announcer