Always B Colour IR now the fastest pinto pacer in history

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Making his pari-mutuel harness racing debut on American soil, Irish-import Always B Colour IR (Always B Miki) thrilled his legions of fans with an easy wire-to-wire win in the fifth race, and in the process, became the fastest pinto horse in history after stopping the clock in 1:52.

A pinto is “a horse or pony of various breeding that is marked with patches of white and another color”, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary website, but the definition doesn’t do justice to just how striking one of these horses are once one sees them up close.

Driver Lauren Tritton blasted away from the gate with the 4-year-old son of Always B Miki-Mamma Said on the way to a 2½-length score. The winner is trained by Lauren’s husband, Shane.

ALWAYS B COLOUR IR REPLAY

A LITTLE MORE: Jason Bartlett led the driver colony with three victories on the card to get back within six winners of Brett Beckwith, who leads the Big M standings with 51 walks down victory lane. … Michael Posner and Jeff Cullipher each had a pair of victories to top the trainers. … There were no winning tickets sold on the 20-cent Pick-6, creating a carryover of just over $5,000 for Friday night. Winner’s odds for the sequence were 4-1, 2-1, 3-5, 5-1, 3-5 and 47-1/32-1. Those with five correct collected $30.34. … All-source handle on the 14-race card totaled $3,186,996. … Racing resumes Friday at 6:20 p.m.

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

by Dave Little, for The Meadowlands