Sundown Kid shines at Plainridge Park

Plainville, MA — Sundown Kid (Sunshine Beach) (Jay Randall) watched all the action early and made his move late to win the $25,000 Starter Allowance featured harness racing pace at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Oct. 29) afternoon.

Woody’s Cash Crop (Nick Graffam) strung out Anvil Hands (Jimmy Hardy) and Always A Miki (Matty Athearn) three-deep to the :27.2 quarter and then kept them parked-out to the half two abreast  in :56.1. At this point, Sundown Kid was seventh.

The race continued into the backstretch in two rows when Major Betts (Drew Monti) swung three-deep passing three-quarters in 1:23.4. Woody’s Cash Crop kept the field bunched around the last turn where Sundown Kid came four-wide from the clouds with a full head of steam as they turned for home. With the field in two rows of four and within a length of each other, Sundown Kid got the final kick and scored by three-quarters of a length in 1:53.1.

It was the fifth win of the year for Sundown Kid ($26.20) who is owned and trained by Randy Bickmore.

SUNDOWN KID REPLAY

In the secondary featured $17,500 upper-level conditioned pace, Renaissance Deo (Ron Cushing) sat second behind Henceforth (Brett Beckwith) through quarters of :26.2, :55.2 and 1:23 before finding room at the pegs as the race moved down the lane and won by a neck in 1:52.

Renaissance Deo ($6.80) is owned by Joshua Jay Graber and trained by Shane Tritton.

Horsemen scoring two wins on Tuesday included drivers Matty Athearn, Mitchell Cushing, Jay Randall and Bruce Ranger and trainer Randy Bickmore.

Racing resumes at Plainridge Park on Thursday (Oct. 30) at 2 p.m. and there will be a $15,894 carryover in the Wicked Hi-5 pentafecta in race six.

Free full past performance programs for all live racing days at Plainridge Park can be downloaded from their website under the “racing” tab.

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

by Tim Bojarski, for Plainridge Park