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The race never seemed in doubt for The Wild Card, who led from start to finish and won the $25,000 Winners-Over pacing feature at Plainridge Park on Thursday (Oct. 5), giving his driver Bruce Ranger a winning hand of three of a kind as it was his third consecutive victory in the bike behind him.
Enhance Yourcalm N made a third consecutive jump in class and this week to the top level, $25,000 Winners-Over Handicap featured trot. But despite the tougher company, the results remained the same as Enhance Yourcalm N won again on Thursday (Sept. 28) to remain undefeated at Plainridge Park.
The second day of the $3 million Massachusetts Sire Stakes held at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Sept. 26) featured two-year-old performers of both gaits and genders and dominant winners prevailed in most of the events. The fillies went one $75,000 race each on the trot and pace while the colts and geldings had split divisions for both gaits that were valued at $40,000 apiece.
The $3 million Massachusetts Sire Stakes got underway at Plainridge Park on Monday (Sept. 25) and visiting drivers Yannick Gingras and Scott Zeron both had hat tricks, driving three winners apiece out of the eight MASS divisions that went postward. And it's noteworthy that those divisional winners were sent behind the gate by eight different trainers.
Seventh Secret made his Open debut at Saratoga Casino Hotel earlier in the month and the veteran hit the board in two of his three starts in the regular Saturday feature heading into this weekend’s action.