Kennedy triples including both feature races

Columbus, MN – Harness racing driver James Kennedy led the Tuesday night (July 23) program at Running Aces by going a perfect 3-for-3 on the evening and capturing victory in both of the feature races on the card.

Kennedy steered 7-year-old pacer Caliber (Sweet Lou) to a sharp gate-to-wire tally by three-quarters of a length over Bombay Hanover (Luke Plano) and Intimidation (Todd Warren) in the $12,700 Open Handicap II pace.

Caliber ($6.80) was never in doubt in the 1:52.3 mile which was his 22^nd career win and pushed his total bankroll to $348,309.

The winner is owned by Terrence Smith and Tony Beltrami and is trained by Williams Hernandez.

CALIBER REPLAY

Kennedy also piloted Cash Money Twenty (Stevensville) to his third career victory in as many starts, capturing the $9,000 freshman Open Handicap pace.

Overwhelmingly favored at 1-5 on the board, Cash Money Twenty went right to the lead from the outside post in the six-horse contest and led comfortably early before opening up on the field in the final quarter.

He checked in 10-3/4 lengths the best while Tutto Bene (Warren) and The Minnesota Kid (Plano) rounded out the trifecta.

The mile time of 1:54.2 was a new career mark for Cash Money Twenty ($2.40) and it is also the fastest freshman mile of the Aces season so far and was just one-fifth of a second off of the track record for freshman pacing geldings.

The winner is owned by Heart And Soul Racing and is trained by Brett Ballinger.

CASH MONEY TWENTY REPLAY

Trainer Williams Hernandez also posted a double on the program.

Live Racing returns to Running Aces on Thursday night (July 25) for a twelve-race program that will feature a carryover of $12,357.50 in the 20-cent Pick-5 Jackpot wager which will start in race eight. First post is set for 6 p.m. (CDT).

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting Results

by Darin Gagne, for Running Aces