Make it two in a row for Juddy Douglas A

With a drop in class and change in location, Juddy Douglas A (Auckland Reactor A) scored his second straight harness racing win Saturday (Feb. 25), scoring an easy victory in the $12,000 Preferred-Handicap Pace at Freehold Raceway.

It was the race favorite Time Watch (Jack Pelling) who started off the 10^th ace feature getting the early lead and parking out Secrecy (Devon Tharps) until past the first quarter mile in a speedy :26.4.

Juddy Douglas A with driver Austin Siegelman had left from post eight but was unable to find any early cover and had to slug it out first-over. By the half mile marker in :55.3, Juddy Douglas A had cleared to the lead and Time Watch pulled out from being in third place and came first-over against Juddy Douglas A. Lyons Steel (Tyler Miller) was a game second-over and third over was Mcclinchie N (Jim Marohn, Jr.).

By the three-quarters in 1:24.4, Juddy Douglas A began to pull away from the field as Lyons Steel came three-wide with Mcclinchie N four-wide heading to the final turn.

At the top of the stretch, Juddy Douglas A had opened up a four and one-half length lead on the field and went on to score a two length triumph in 1:54.1. Mcclinchie N came in second with Haggard (Vinnie Ginsburg) third.

JUDDY DOUGLAS A REPLAY

It was the second win in five starts on the year for Juddy Douglas A. The seven-year-old gelding is trained by Travis Alexander and is owned by Oldford Racing, LLC and Joe P Racing, LLC. He paid $7.60 to win.

There were two $9,000 divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club series for amateur drivers on Saturday and both divisions were won by John Calabrese.

The 7^th race first trotting division saw Calabrese lead from start to finish with Drazzmatazz (RC Royalty) in 1:59.3, paying $13.80 to win. Southwind Frost (Robert Hechkoff) was second by a half a length with Winneress (Tony Verruso) third.

DRAZZMATAZZ REPLAY

The 9^th race second division Calabrese was able to sit back with 2-1 Turbochargedpete (Uncle Peter) as they found outside cover and use that flow to come on in the stretch for an easy win by two and one-half lengths in 2:00.1. Lionhead (Newton “Yogi” Sheridan was second with Masster Blue (Joe Lee) third. The winner paid $6.60.

TURBOCHARGEDPETE REPLAY

For complete race results, click here.

by Steve Wolf, for Harnesslink