Louie The Lilac has been smelling like a rose at the current Batavia Downs meet and her success continued on Wednesday night (Sept. 20) after she extended her winning streak to five in the $15,000 Open I Handicap pace for fillies and mares.
Robert Corbin is enjoying his second winter at Cal Expo while sending his share of performers to the winner’s circle.
“The weather is great and we had such a good time last year we decided to come back,” explained the 61-year-old Chicago native. While Robert got his first taste of the sport in his teens through his parents, it wasn’t until six years ago that he really got involved in the game.
“My mother passed away and we wanted to have something for my father to look forward to, so we ended up buying a broodmare and eventually purchased some racehorses as well.”
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Allmyxsliventexas, who has rattled off two impressive victories since returning from Chicago, has top billing in Friday night’s (Dec. 11) $10,000 Dave Goldschmidt Free-For-All Pace at Cal-Expo.
Watch and Wager LLC will present 11 races with first post set for 4:55 p.m. PST. The main event goes as the eighth event on the card.
A seven-year-old homebred son of Hi Ho Silverheels from the Distinguishedbaron mare Annie Get Your Gun, Allmyxsliventexas carries the banner of Wayne and Rodney Knittel with Bob Johnson conditioning and Nick Roland at the controls.
He comes into this assignment with 41 wins from his 135 starts, a 1:50 mark that was set two years ago at Harrah s Hoosier Park, and a bankroll of $240,000.