Queen Of All scores in another Plainridge invasion

Plainville, MA — The classy 4-year-old harness trotting mare Queen Of All (Swan For All) visited Plainridge Park on July 22 and ran off the screen with an impressive 1:53.3 performance in the top trot. After five starts that included two wins at Yonkers, she returned to Massachusetts to once again claim victory in the $20,000 Open Handicap trot at Plainridge Park on Thursday afternoon (Sept. 8).

Brett Beckwith blasted off the gate with Queen Of All and opened up a two length advantage at the :27.1 first quarter. With Remember Titans (Jay Randall) tracking from the pocket, Queen Of All trotted to the half in :56 and got halfway up the backside before Raybarnz (Ivan Davies) mounted an attack that got him as far as second.

That bid fell apart in the far turn and Queen Of All was clear by two lengths once again. As they came off the bend and trotted down the lane, Remember Titans tipped and tried to advance on the leader. But Queen Of All would have none of it and finished with no urging and under a line drive from Beckwith to win by one-half length in 1:53.4.

Surprisingly let go at 5-2 after just winning the $39,000 Open trot at Yonkers, Queen Of All ($7.00) won her third race in a row and ninth of the year. She also went over the $400,000 mark lifetime, now with $402,325 in only 58 career starts for owner William Hartt. Lance Hudson trains the winner.

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Beckwith ended the day with two driving wins.

A pair Massachusetts-bred trotters also highlighted the card on Thursday scoring wins and taking marks and both for the same connections.

In the co-featured $15,000 conditioned trot, Billy B (Cr Power Glide, Wally Watson) followed the cover of Muscle Gene (Ron Cushing) at the half in chase of the front-running No Time To Play (Jay Randall). The leader held tough until the top of the stretch where Muscle Gene took control, but then Muscle Gene was also caught by Billy B who trotted up a storm in the lane to win by one-half length in 1:56.1, which was the best mile of his career.

Billy B ($12.00) is owned by Joel Wheeler and trained by Lisa Watson.

Watson, Watson and Wheeler also teamed up in the $7,500 maiden condition trot to win with the 3-year-old filly Moms Cash (Cash Hall-Ksenia) who grabbed the lead past the quarter and then dominated the field with a four length victory in a lifetime best 1:59.3 to return $3.20.

Moms Cash will be competing in the lucrative Massachusetts Sire Stakes that start on Sunday (Sept. 25) at Plainridge Park.

Other horse persons with two wins on Thursday included drivers Bruce Ranger and Kevin Switzer Jr. and trainer Elisha Lafreniere.

Live racing resumes at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (Sept. 12) with post time at 2 p.m. Free full past performance race programs for all live race days can be downloaded by visiting the track’s website and clicking the “Racing” tab.

For complete race results, click here.

by Tim Bojarski, for the Standardbred Owners of Massachusetts