Another Open goes to Island Of The Sea

So far in the Winter-Spring meet at Rosecroft Raceway., the depth of the top Open level has been awesome.

Full fields and multiple winners at the $17,500 level have made this as competitive a group the track as seen in a while.

Island Of The Sea (Always A Virgin), piloted by Russell Foster, has put together two straight sensational miles, discarding his foes easily Thursday night (March 9) in 1:49.1.

Foster left hard and stretched out the 2-1 second choice Stag Party who left from post eight, and briefly held the lead as the pacers passed the half mile mark. At that point, Island Of The Sea moved back to the lead and hit another gear, sprinting away from a good field. Eric Ell trains the six-year old gelding for his wife Lisa. It was his 26th win in 92 career starts.

ISLAND OF THE SEA REPLAY

Foster won four times on the card, sweeping both opens, as Transparency (Artspeak) won at $15,000 level in 1:53.1 for Tom Cooke and trainer Roger Hans. It was the second win of the year and career win number 19 for the homebred five-year-old stallion.

TRANSPARENCY REPLAY

Eric Davis, Jason Thompson and Jonathan Roberts each drove two winners.

For complete race results, click here.

by Peter Medhurst, for Rosecroft Raceway