Fast Larry and Two Pistol Annie take Aces features

Columbus, MN – The Thursday night (July 25) harness racing program at Running Aces provided lots of exciting action on the track as well some very fast performances.

One of the most impressive displays of the night was from sophomore pacing gelding Fast Larry (Art’s Chip), who advanced to 2-for-2 on the season with a gate-to-wire romp in the $17,000 Minnesota-sired male ‘A’ pace in 1:52.1 which lowered his career mark by nearly two full seconds.

James Kennedy was the winning pilot behind Fast Larry ($2.20) who is trained by Quentin Schneider for owner Gary Carlson.

Celebrity Status (Nick Roland) completed the exacta and longshot The Creature (Brady Jenson) was home in third.

FAST LARRY REPLAY

Two Pistol Annie (Lazarus N) and driver Kennedy worked out a perfect trip in the $15,500 Mares Open Handicap pace and converted it into a track-record tying performance.

After going to the lead and battling with race favorite Illusion Seelster (Jacob Cutting) through the first quarter mile, Kennedy yielded for the pocket and followed intently before attacking at the top of the lane.

Illusion Seelster fought gamely in the stretch, but Two Pistol Annie had the most pace to the wire and got by for a one length tally in 1:51 which equalled the track mark for 4-year-old pacing mares.

Graceful Horizon was always third in the record mile.

Two Pistol Annie ($7.00) is owned by Dave Dobbelmann and is trained by Edwin Quevedo.

TWO PISTOL ANNIE REPLAY

Delco Irene (Wind Me Up) made it two wins in a row with a very sharp gate-to-wire performance of her own in the $17,000 sophomore fillies ‘A’ pace.

Driver Brady Jenson wasted no time in sending her to the front of the affair from post five and they were never in doubt in the 1:53.2 mile while Apple Juice was second best over Deja Vu Babyboo.

Delco Irene ($7.20) is owned by Jay De Long and is trained by Justin Anfinson.

Search And Destroy (Rick Magee, $5.80) posted a career best effort to win the $8,500 sophomore ‘B’ pace in 1:55 with an impressive front-end trip.

Race favorite Semicolon was second best and Peekabooicantseeu was home third.

The winner is owned by James Springer and Gretchen Roland and is trained by Justin Van Otterloo.

Brady Jenson led the Thursday program with a driving triple and a training double while drivers Rick Magee, James Kennedy and Nick Roland and trainer Edwin Quevedo all had doubles as well.

Live Racing returns to Running Aces on Sunday night (July 28) for a big 12-race program featuring the $50,000 Dan Patch FFA pace. There is a tote-bag giveaway as well as Pepsi Family Night specials and kid’s activities, trout fishing, food trucks, sole survivor handicapping contest, losing ticket drawings and more.

First post on Sunday is 6 p.m. (CDT).

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

by Darin Gagne, for Running Aces