Daley Deposit Only wins Pompano feature

He was overlooked to the tune of 5-1 after the favorites Four Starz Bling and Where's Waldo, but Daley Deposit Only got the last laugh again in the $15,000 Open Handicap Pace on Saturday evening at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park.

 

 On the breezy 68 degree evening in South Florida, the action in the weekly top pacing class was hot and heavy from the outset as Where's Waldo with Joe Pavia Jr.  parked out Four Starz Bling in rein to Wally Hennessey in the meet's fastest first quarter to date of :26.1. At the half in :55.3, Four Starz Bling was already under attack as Where's Waldo vacated the pocket to surge to the front.

 

In the third quarter, Where's Waldo was forced to pick up the :27.2  backstretch challenge from Card Dealer and driver Bruce Ranger. Sent up second-over was Daley Deposit Only well before the third marker was reached in 1:23. As the field turned for home, Daley Deposit Only was shown clear track by his trainer and driver Dan Daley and sailed by for the win in 1:51.4. Card Dealer persisted for the runner-up share after his game first-over bid and Where's Waldo held third.

 

Daley Deposit Only, a 5-year-old Artiscape-Sassy Cessiann gelding, recorded his fourth win in nine trips this year for the ownership group of Ann Mari Daley, Jared Daley, Robert Pergament, and Richard Lombardo. His 2010 bankroll is over $57,000 and the career winner of $177,000 is on pace for the best year of his career.

 

In Saturday evening's $15,000 Open Trot, Gale Warning showed his class and romped for a second straight week in the top class in 1:55.

 

One of the weekend's hottest drivers in South Florida, Tom Sells, had Gale Warning spotted just behind a first-quarter battle for the lead as Hope Reins Supreme with George Napolitano Jr. parked out NF Soaring with Brooke Nickells in the bike. At the :27.3 first marker, Sells had Gale Warning up and moving to the lead and he breezed home the rest of the way after the half in :57.4 and three quarters of 1:26.1.  The 4-year-old mare Alarming Quick in rein to David Ingraham mounted an excellent late brush from 6th to take down the place position and Hope Reins Supreme held third.

 

Gale Warning, a 7-year-old Strong Gale-Liz's Promise gelding and career winner of over $364,000, has now won half of his eight starts for Florida owners Ciro Gentile and Rod Lorenzo. It was the second straight week the veteran trotted to victory in 1:55 and this was his 37th career win. (Pompano)