Onemore Volo storms to new track record

Plainville, MA — Onemore Volo came to Massachusetts for the first time on Thursday (Nov. 12) and left a lasting impression on Plainridge Park after setting a new track record for 4-year-old trotting geldings in the co-featured $23,000 Open Handicap trot. 

Onemore Volo (Nick Graffam) was a loose leader from start to finish and posted fractions of :27.1, :56 and 1:24.1 as Kazio DK (Kevin Switzer Jr.) and Makeorbreakzaz S (Michael Oosting) chased in that third panel. But Onemore Volo pushed away from that competition and had a two length lead at the top of the stretch and extended it to three at the line where he won in 1:52.4, setting the new track record while also taking a new lifetime mark.

ONEMORE VOLO REPLAY

The 10th win of his career pushed Onemore Volo ($6.60) over $200,000 in lifetime earnings, now showing $202,284 on his card. The son of Bar Hopping-I’m Volo is owned by Pollack Racing and trained by Enrico Robinson.

The other feature of the day was the $24,000 Open Handicap pace for fillies and mares that was won by Sweet Hayley Jane A off a backside brush.

Sweet Hayley Jane A (Mitchell Cushing) got away sixth from post one as Take Your Pick (Bruce Ranger) took the lead from post eight. Take Your Pick reached the half in :55 and that’s where Sweet Hayley Jane A made her move on the outside. By three-quarters Sweet Hayley Jane A was second on the outside as Take Your Pick still held court in the last turn. When the race reached the stretch, Sweet Hayley Jane A forged to the front and held off late charges from Blood Moon A (Nick Graffam) and Swedish Starlet N (Matty Athearn) to win by one-half length in 1:51.

SWEET HAYLEY JANE REPLAY

Sweet Hayley Jane A ($27.40) also went over $200,000 lifetime with her 23rd lifetime victory, now with $200,300 in the bank. Ron Cushing co-owns the Heidi Cushing-trained mare with Kevin Sywyk.

Brett Beckwith led all drivers with three wins on Thursday while Alicia Gray’s two wins topped all trainers.

Racing will resume at Plainridge Park on Monday (Nov. 16) at 1 p.m.

Free full card past performance programs for every live card of racing at Plainridge Park can always be downloaded at their website (plainridgeparkcasino.com) under the “Racing” tab. You can also watch all the race replays on that same page.

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

by Tim Bojarski, for the Standardbred Owners of Massachusetts