Beckwith gets a six bagger

Plainville, MA —  Plainridge Park’s leading harness racing driver, Brett Beckwith, was red hot again at The Ridge on Monday (Sept. 15) as he put on a dominant performance by winning six races on the card, including a natural hat trick in races three, four and five.

Beckwith won with Full Metal Jacket (1:53.4, $2.60) in a new lifetime mark, One Bettor (1:54.1, $15.80) who scored her first lifetime win, Ten Tothedozen A (1:50.3, $5.60) who had his fastest outing of the season, Moni Man (1:54.4, $5.60) who also took a new lifetime mark, Fourever Boy (1:49.4, $2.60) who went the fastest mile of the day and Poker Sy (1:52.2, $3.00) who won his third consecutive race.

Beckwith also had two seconds and a third from his 11 starts giving him a stellar .677 UDR for the afternoon.

The one race Beckwith didn’t win was the $25,000 Open pace that went to Two Fold Cold, who brushed late for the victory.

Two Fold Cold (David Ingraham) got away third as Tenzing Bromac N (Ron Cushing) and Binge On Yankee (Brett Beckwith) traded leads to the :26.3 quarter. Now firmly in control, Binge On Yankee got to the half in :54.4 and three-quarters in 1:22.2 as Tenzing Bromac N and Two Fold Cold continued to follow. But that changed in the last turn when Cushing pulled Tenzing Bromac N and Ingraham followed his lead with Two Fold Cold. When the group entered the stretch, Two Fold Cold tipped three-deep around Tenzing Bromac N and blasted past both him and Binge On Yankee to win by 1-¼ lengths in 1:50, which was a new lifetime mark.

Two Fold Cold ($5.40) is owned by Marc Tardif and trained by Kelly Case.

The leading trainer on Monday was Paul Kelley who sent two winners to post and both were Massachusetts-bred trotters who will be competing in the lucrative $2.4 million (est) Massachusetts Breeders Stakes that start at Plainridge Park on Monday (Sept. 29). Kelley’s winners were Onthemoneyhoney (1:57, $93.20) and Moni Man (1:54.4, $4.00).

Live racing will resume at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Sept. 16) at 2 p.m. with a $3,854 carryover in the Wicked Hi-5 wager in race six.

Free full past performance programs and race replays for all live racing days at Plainridge Park can be found at plainridgeparkcasino.com.

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

by Tim Bojarski, for Plainridge Park