Eliminations held for Steve Wiseman Memorial Trot

Columbus, MN – The Sunday night (August 11) harness racing program at Running Aces featured two elimination heats to the 2024 Steve Wiseman Memorial trot, with each division drawing a field of six and going for a purse of $17,500.

Aces overall trotting track record holder Domovoy (Triumphant Caviar) was the overwhelming favorite in the first division, and he did not disappoint his backers.

Driver Jacob Cutting sent Domovoy to the lead from post five and they easily established command, while All Champy (Mooney Svendsen) also left swiftly and secured the pocket and Certify (Nick Roland) landed in third through the :27.2 opening quarter.

Domovoy remained comfortable through the middle stages in :55.4 and 1:24.3 while All Champy remained close in the pocket and Toccoa Falls (Williams Hernandez) attacked from first-over before dropping in third.

All Champy angled from the pocket in the lane to come after the leader, but Domovoy ($2.40) had plenty left in the tank and kicked home a 1-1/4 length winner in 1:54 while All Champy was a solid second best and Toccoa Falls was a close third. Rounding out the top four finishers was Warrawee Whisper (Brady Jenson).

The winner now shows 7 wins from 17 outings and earnings of $61,545 this season. He is owned by Dave Dobbelmann and Tom Carney and is trained by Edwin Quevedo.

DOMOVOY REPLAY

Yo Lucky Moni (International Moni) and trainer/driver Williams Hernandez made an early move to the lead near the :28.2 quarter mile juncture of the second elimination split, taking over the top from stablemate Winnerup (Luke Plano) and then leading comfortably at every call through the moderate middle fractions of :55.4 and 1:26.2.

Down the backstretch, Bringoverthemoney (Dean Magee) made a first over bid to go after the leader and continued to battle with Yo Lucky Moni throughout the final quarter.

Yo Lucky Moni ($4.20) continued to trot strong in the lane and held gamely for a one length score over Bringoverthemoney while Winnerup held for third and Novel (Roland) checked in fourth in the 1:55.1 mile.

It was the tenth career win for Yo Lucky Moni, owned by Friendship Stables and Terrence Smith. He now shows career earnings of $247,100.

YO LUCKY MONI REPLAY

Certify was the fastest fifth-place finisher from the eliminations which earns him the final spot in the $35,000 Wiseman Memorial final which will be the featured event next Sunday (August 18).

Former Minnesota Harness Racing Horse of the Year Alilthundadownunda (Malak Uswaad N) delivered a big performance to capture his 40^th career win in a $6,100 conditioned event in 1:55.1 while also eclipsing the $400,000 mark in career earnings for owner/breeder Set The Pace Racing and trainer/driver Nick Roland.

ALILTHUNDADOWNUNDA REPLAY

Drivers Brady Jenson, Todd Warren and Elson Miller all posted doubles on the Sunday card while Miller also posted a training double.

Live Racing returns to Running Aces on Tuesday night (August 13) for a nine-race program that will feature a carryover of $25,677.62 in the 20-cent Pick-5 Jackpot wager which will get underway in race five. First post on Tuesday is 7 p.m. (CDT).

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

by Darin Gagne, for Running Aces