Don and Kenny Fowler Memorial at Cal Expo

Allmyx’sliventexas (Hi Ho Silverheels), one of the best harness racing pacers to do his work over this track in the last decade, looks to add to his impressive resume in Friday night’s (April 5) $12,500 Don and Kenny Fowler Memorial Pace at Cal Expo Harness.

Watch and Wager LLC will present 10 races and things get underway at 6:45 p.m.

Allmyx’sliventexas is an 11-year-old homebred who races for Wayne Knittel, is conditioned by Bob Johnson and will be handled by Mooney Svendsen.

He comes into this assignment sporting excellent numbers, having won 64 of his 206 starts, with $352,000 in earnings and a 1:50 mark that was established at Hoosier Park.

Allmyx’sliventexas has three winner’s circle appearances to his credit at this meet, the most recent coming in the DHA Free-For-All on March 17 when he made every pole a winner.

Chase The Gold was runner-up in that contest and looms large for Qks Racing, trainer Quentin Schneider and driver James Kennedy.

Completing the cast are Polar Storm, JP Jetty, Gee Wilikers, Ragged But Right and Handsome Harvey.

Looking ahead to Sunday’s card, a pair of $20,000 California Sire Stakes will be featured with Another Tuff Woman and Celebrity Status heading their respective fields.

Bettor’s Promise achieves another milestone

Bettor’s Promise (Bettor’s Delight) looked to have his work cut out in last Sunday’s second race, having missed the exacta in his first 10 starts on the year, but never underestimate past class as the 13-year-old pacer pulled off the upset with James Kennedy doing the honors.

Of course, a perfect pocket trip didn’t hurt the cause as Bettor’s Promise did the track-and-attack to perfection while registering the 36th win of his career and pushing his career bank account over the $300,000 plateau for his owners Richard Morita and David Yamada and trainer Jessie Pacheco.

Bettor’s Promise toured this mile oval in a snappy 1:50 3/5 six years ago while establishing his lifetime mark in the process, and it was nice to see him re-united with Kennedy and back in the winner’s enclosure.

A reminder there are three wagers offered here each night that come with a reduced 16 percent takeout rate – the 20-cent early and late Pick 5 and the 20-cent Pick 4 – with the latter featuring a $25,000-guaranteed gross pool.

To see the value added, you need only go back to last Sunday night’s early Pick 5 to find a sweet payoff of $3,941 for each correct 20-cent ticket. The aforementioned Bettor’s Promise certainly contributed to that nice return.

Also note that going into Friday night’s program, there is a carryover of 6,928 in the 20-cent Pick 7 that begins on the third race.

by Mark Ratzky, for Cal Expo Harness