Remember Titans continues winning run

Plainville, MA — Despite spending some of his time at Saratoga, Remember Titans (E L Titan) has been almost unbeatable at Plainridge Park and on Thursday (Aug. 18) captured his sixth harness racing win of the year at The Ridge in the $20,000 Open trot, making him the winningest trotter of the meet.

Leaving from post five, Remember Titans (Jay Randall) became the fractional ruler and posted splits of :27.4, :56.4 and 1:25.1 with Nows The Moment (Kevin Swtizer Jr.) watching from second and Trix And Stones (Nick Graffam) in the breeze chasing during that third panel. After rounding the last bend, Nows The Moment pulled for the stretch drive and had 1-½ lengths to make up. Remember Titans had him in his sights and would not let him get by and won by one-quarter length in 1:53.4, just a fifth off his lifetime mark.

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It was the 11th win of the year for Remember Titans ($4.80) and it boosted his yearly income to $124,269 for his owners Kellogg Racing Stables and Jackie Greene Stables.  Jackie Greene trains the winner.

Randall ended the day with two driving wins.

Also on the card were a pair of $15,000 conditioned trots that saw each winner score a gate to wire victory with both timed in an identical 1:55.2.

First, Golden Kronos (Chapter Seven, Kevin Switzer Jr.) was a decisive 2-½ length winner for owners Michael Pozefsky and Willaim Pozefsky. Trained by Stanley Zombick, Golden Kronos returned $5.00. Then later Heartofgold Devie (Creatine, Nick Graffam) trotted an even mile before pulling away to an easy 3-¼ length win for owner Mona Dodd. The second winning Charlene Cushing trainee of the day returned $4.80.

Live racing resumes at Plainridge Park on Friday afternoon (Aug.19) at 4 p.m. Free full past performance race programs for all live race days can be downloaded by clicking here and clicking the “Racing” tab.

For complete race results, click here.

by Tim Bojarski, for the Standardbred Owners of Massachusetts