Sweet Street Lou upsets at Plainridge

Plainville, MA — Despite going a career best mile just three weeks ago, Sweet Street Lou (Sweet Lou, Kevin Switzer Jr.) was overlooked at the windows and sent off at 15-1. That came back to haunt the Plainridge harness racing punters after the 3-year-old upset the field in the $20,000 featured pace at The Ridge on Tuesday (Nov. 19) afternoon.

Ben Solo (Bruce Ranger) was the commander of fractions in :26.1 and :55.2 to the half. There, My Boy Elroy (Drew Monti) moved first-over from fourth and brought Sweet Street Lou with him. Ben Solo and My Boy Elroy then paced in step to three-quarters and around the final turn. As the race approached the stretch, Switzer tipped Sweet Street Lou three-wide into the center of the track and then he marched smartly to the line to win by a length over the fast closing Bang Ah Uey (Jim Hardy) in 1:53.2.

SWEET STREET LOU REPLAY

It was the fourth win of the year for Sweet Street Lou ($33.40) who is trained and owned by Dale Andersen, in partnership with Kristian Andersen.

There were also a pair of $17,500 conditioned paces for 5-year-olds and under on the card.

In the first, Beantown Ace (Captain Crunch, Nick Graffam) got away sixth, but made her way to second on the outside at three-quarters in pursuit of the front running Crazierthebettor (Brett Beckwith). When they straightened for home, Beantown Ace bolted for the line and won by 4-½ lengths in 1:55.1.

BEANTOWN ACE REPLAY

Beantown Ace ($2.20) is owned by Michael Goldberg Racing and trained by Mike Graffam.

In the second, Triple Sevens (Matty Athearn) made a first-over move from fourth at the half and drew even with the pacesetter Poker Sy (Bruce Ranger) at three-quarters. The two then battled around the last turn and into the stretch where Triple Sevens got the advantage and pulled away to a two length victory in a lifetime best, 1:52.1.

TRIPLE SEVENS REPLAY

Triple Sevens ($15.40) is owned by Rick Cortese and Marc Reynolds and trained by Jimmy Nickerson.

Drew Monti and Kevin Switzer Jr. both had two driving wins on Tuesday while nine different trainers all won one race each.

Racing resumes at Plainridge Park on Thursday (Nov. 21) at 1 p.m.

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 the Standardbred Owners of Massachusetts