A win with pride in Pompano feature

Sugar’s Pride ($9.20), a 5-year-old gelding by Allamerican Ingot won the $18,000 Open Handicap Pace at the Isle Pompano Park Saturday night. 

Driver Kevin Wallis rushed Sugar’s Pride from post five but had to settle for the two spot when Bruce Ranger and I Can Only Imagine toke over the lead just before the quarter in .27. I Can Only Imagine took the field of six past the half in 56.3 and to the three-quarters in 1:23.4. Getting the pocket trip Wallis pulled Sugar’s Pride down the stretch to out-pace I can Only Imagine to win in 1:51.4 by a half-length. Cape Karuna (Anthony Napolitano) finished third.

Sugar’s Pride is trained by Gerald Greer and owned by the Pilgrim Stable of Florida.

Wallis also won with the 4-year-old gelding Blazing Tower who is trained by his wife Linda and owned by Exit 67 Racing LLC of Florida and Estellante, a 6-year-old Intrepid Seelster gelding trained by Peggy Faurot and owned by Clay Faurot Sr.

Driver Jamie Marra, 42, who is the vice president of the Florida Amateur Driving Club, not only got his first pari-mutuel win but also a new lifetime mark (1:59.3) with the 9-year-old Promising Catch gelding trotter, Neuf Angus. It was the first win of the season in seven starts.

How did Marra feel about his first win, “I’m taking the family to Disneyworld,” Jamie said.  

Don Glowacki trains Neuf Angus for Marra who co-owns with his wife Paula. (Pompano Park)

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