Kele Kele goes wire to wire

Columbus, MN – Kele Kele (So Surreal) stole the show on Thursday night (May 29) at Running Aces, posting a ln impressive gate-to-wire tally over a talented field of harness racing rivals in the $14,750 Mares Open Handicap Pace.

Trainer/driver Brady Jenson sent Kele Kele to a quick start from the outside post in the six horse contest and they won an early battle with Twist Little Girl N (Rick Magee) and were well settled at the top as they posted the opening fraction in :28.

Kele Kele benefitted from a :29.1 breather in the second panel while Ideal Skies (Billy Mann) and Fillister Photo (Luke Plano) got rolling down the backside.

Kele Kele was well in control at the 1:25 three-quarters checkpoint while Twist Little Girl N remained snug in the pocket and Ideal Skies was still trying to close in from first over.

In the homestretch Twist Little Girl N shook free from the pocket and came after the leader but Kele Kele ($5) kept going strong and she checked home a winner by 3/4 of a length in 1:53.2 for her second straight win.

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Majors Miracle (Dean Magee) had saved ground throughout and rallied late for the show dough.

The winner is owned by Jenson, in partnership with Ken Stauffer and Brady Anderson.

Blazin For Life (Brady Jenson, $43.20) posted a very sharp first over effort to capture the $21,000 Minnesota-sired sophomore ‘A’ pace by a head over heavy favorite The Minnesota Kid (Plano) in 1:57.

The winner is a son of Wind Me Up, owned by Alan and Cheryl Sandbulte and is trained by Justin Anfinson.

Westernwisecracker (Brandon Jenson, $11.20) turned in a huge first over effort to capture the $14,000 sophomore ‘B’ division in 1:58.3 over One Last Booyah (Svendsen) and High Country Baby (Plano) for his first lifetime win.

The winner is also owned under lease by Brandon Jenson and is trained by Brady Jenson.

There were also two divisions contested in the first leg of the Burning Blaze pacing series, with Major Trip (Nick Roland, $10.20) capturing victory in 1:58.3 in the first split and Glittering Hope (Mann, $3.60) emerging victorious in the second division.

Drivers Brady Jenson and Nick Roland each scored doubles, while Jenson also had a training double.

Live Racing returns to Running Aces on Sunday (June 1) for an 11-race program that will get underway at 6 p.m. (CDT) and will feature a carryover of $6,390.60 in the 50-cent Hi-5 wager in race four.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Darin Gagne, for Running Aces