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Lucky Artist A, superbly handled by Mike Simons, painted her way to a repeat win in Pompano Park's $10,500 Open Pace for mares on Tuesday night (Feb. 23), stopping the timer in 1:51.4. The eight-year-old daughter of Artistic Fella took charge around the opening turn from her outside post and sawed through panels of :27.3 and :56 before a :55.4 half-mile sprint home to reach the finish line 1-1/4 lengths the best over Prairie Westerngal (Wally Hennessey) and Casies Believer (Joe Chindano Jr.). As the wings folded, Prairie Westerngal used her blazing hooves off the wings to zip into an early le...

Rebellious and In Secret shared the spotlight with wins in their respective Open Handicap events at Pompano Park on Monday (Feb. 22). Rebellious, again handled by Wally Hennessey for trainer Mike Deters, who co-owns with Joel Warner, scored in the $11,000 feature for the pacers in 1:51.4, using a :27.1 finale to hold Alluneedisfaith N (Mike Simons) safe by a length. Seeing Eye Single (David Miller) was third, 2-1/2 lengths away, after an evenly rated effort. Rebellious, a seven-year-old gelded son of Mach Three, took charge around the opening turn and set fractions of :27.1, :56.3 and 1:24.3 ...

In an event that took the photo finish camera to separate five mares within a neck of each other at the finish line, Prairie Westerngal and driver Wally Hennessey emerged victorious in Pompano Park’s $10,500 Open I-II Handicap on Tuesday night (Feb. 16), covering the mile in 1:52.3. The win gave trainer Mike Deters his second feature win in roughly 24 hours after his Rebellious took top honours in the similar event for the boys on Monday night (Feb. 15). The official margin of victory was a head, with the fast-closing Take Abit Of Life (Mike Simons) second, and Crisp Mane (David Miller), Te...

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Rebellious returned to the racing wars after being given a couple of weeks off to “freshen up,” and proved that the vacation was well worth it by scoring a 1:49.4 win in Pompano Park’s $10,500 Open I-II Handicap Pace on Monday night (Feb. 15). The seven-year-old gelded son of Mach Three, owned by trainer Mike Deters and Joel Warner, had Wally Hennessey in the sulky and took charge from post five around the initial turn and carded fractions of :26.3, :55.1 and 1:22.1 along the way before holding off the bid of the pocket-sitting Alluneedisfaith N (Mike Simons) to score by a half length. ...