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Trainer Rick Bertrand sent out three winners on last week’s opening-night card at Cal Expo, but you’ll excuse him if he wasn’t here to get his picture taken.
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Mandeville, coming off back-to-back victories at the top rung, looks to keep the momentum going in Saturday night’s (April 10) featured $10,000 Stan Bergstein Free-For-All Trot at Cal-Expo. There will be 10 races presented under the Watch and Wager LLC banner with first post set for 5:50 p.m. PT. Mandeville is a nine-year-old son of Majestic Son who is owned and trained by Gerry Longo with Luke Plano at the controls. He comes into this assignment with 33 wins from his 147 trips to the post, $281,000 in his account, and a 1:54 standard. The Longo colour bearer was a game winner of the Gary Budahn on March 6, coming first-over with Plano and wearing down pace-setting Silverhill Volo for a one-length victory.
An Open Trot headed by Silverhill Volo, a Distaff Open Pace featuring Velocity McSweets and Delightfully Wild and a California Sire Stakes for the three-year-old pacing fillies are the main attractions on Saturday night’s Cal Expo program. There will be 13 races presented under the Watch and Wager LLC banner with first post set for 4:50 p.m. Silverhill Volo is a 10-year-old son of Muscle Hill who is owned, trained and driven by Chip Lackey. He comes into this assignment with 29 wins from his 141 starts, $174,000 in his bank account and a 1:55.1 lifetime standard. The veteran sidewheeler rattled off five straight victories to begin this meet, including the December 12 Joe Lighthill, then suffered his first defeat at this stand when he was parked the mile and had to settle for second behind Pridecrest on January 24.
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An Open II Pace that finds Pondas Prospect well positioned to earn his first victory at this meet and an Open II Trot headed by Mandeville, Flameon and Major Al Mar get the marquee treatment Sunday evening at Cal Expo. Watch and Wager LLC will present 12 races with first post at 4:50 p.m. The pacing feature goes as the fourth race, while the trotting headliner is the sixth event on the card. Pondas Prospect has been knocking on the door in his last three appearances and should be putting in a strong late move with this group. Luke Plano trains and drives the seven-year-old Shadyshark Hanover gelding, who has a 1:51 lifetime standard that was established at Hawthorne.
Cal Expo Major Al-mar, fresh from posting a 9-1 upset last week, figures to get more respect at the windows this time around as he heads the field for Saturday night's harness racing featured $5,500 conditioned Trot. Watch and Wager LLC will present 14 races with first post set for 4:55 p.m. The main event is set as the fifth on the program. A 4-year-old son of Money Talks out of the Andover Hall mare Vestal Hanover, Major Al-mar is owned by Vikki Pfeilsticker and Amy Fichtner, hails from the Rick Bertrand shedrow and will once again have Cordarius Stewart giving directions.
Cal Expo Harness Jake Cutting has literally flown off the gate at this harness racing meeting with the equivalent of at :26 and change opening quarter, scoring with 17 of his first 51 drives. The Calgary native has displayed the cool of someone far beyond his 19 years and is making quite an impression. “My mom and dad, my aunt and uncle, my sister and her boyfriend and my grandparents on my mom’s side have all been involved with the sport,” Cutting related. “From as far back as I can remember, this is what I wanted to do.” One of Jake’s fondest memories came when Jim Marino won the Alberta Super Final for his parents. “I was about 9 or 10 at the time and it was quite a thrill.”