By reining in a pair of winners that paid over $100 each to win in the past five-day span, driver David Ingraham has truly become 'the longshot man' in the early weeks of 2010 at The Isle Pompano Park. Last Wednesday evening, Ingraham shocked the house in the first race with a crafty off-the-pace score with My Heart's Cry for a 51-1 win mutuel of $105.20. On Monday evening, Ingraham and his $7,500 claiming pace mount Jaguar's Legacy were oblivous to the lack of public attention when they were sent off at 65-1.
Ingraham, the winner of over 6,000 career races in the bike, waited patiently in the pack and swung out widest in the stretch to mow down the favorites My Buddy Jimull with Kevin Wallis and Sixxpak with Bruce Ranger up in a new lifetime mark of 1:57. The result was a $2 win ticket return of $132.20 on Jaguar's Legacy which topped a superfecta payout of $13,784.00.
Jaquar's Legacy, a 4-year-old homebred gelding by N Aboriginal-Miller's Jaguar, is owned by trainer Peter Sarnie. Also holding an ownership share is Janice Sarnie of Pompano Beach.
George Napolitano Jr. only arrived last week for seasonal competition at The Isle Pompano Park and he topped all drivers on Monday with a pair of winners. He reined in Mr. Romantic over an $8,000 claiming pace group for Valid Enterprises of New Jersey and trainer Anthony Napolitano just before he won the card's final dash by a big margin with claiming pacer Sphinx K for New York owner John Giglio and trainer Tony Catalano.
Also on Monday evening, Stephane Bardier picked up his first driving win of the meet with $6,000 claiming trotter Travelin Lite for Quebec owner Jean Picard and trainer Richard Lauzon. Bardier is training the Florida consignment of Canada's Richard Moreau in the 2009-2010 meet. (Pompano Park)
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