Jaavos Boy 1:54.3 winner in Pompano trot

A few days after marking the occasion of his 50th birthday late last November, driver David Ingraham renewed acquaintances with trotter Jaavos Boy in Florida. It was the start successful winter season campaign which is showing no sign of tapering off.

 

In the Wednesday evening (Feb. 1) edition of the $12,000 Open Handicap Trot at The Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park, Jaavos Boy was at the top of his game. Ingraham sent the SJ's Photo-Hayworth Hanover 6-year-old gelding to the front in the opening strides, yieldly briefly to Florida arch-rival Keystone Thomas at the quarter in :27.3. They then recaptured the front to stride away through split times :56.3 and 1:25.4 en route to a decisive win in 1:54.3.

 

Scorpion Moon took an inside trip from third into the stretch before unleashing a late stretch brush to take down second for driver Joe Pavia Jr.Keystone Thomas, with Bruce Ranger in tow, had to settle for third. It was the first time since last November 30 that Keystone Thomas missed out on a top-two finish at the South Florida plant.

 

Barry Probber trains Jaavos Boy for the Probber-Morse Stable of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Since returning to Pompano last Fall after 2011 competition at Pocono Downs, Yonkers, and he Meadowlands, Jaavos Boy has used his superior gate speed to amass a record of 9-4-3-2. The career winner of over $246,000 is on course to challenge his 2011 earnings of over $103,000 since he's banked $18,000 already this year.

 

Paper Beats Rock

Unbeatable Lately

 

The wins continue to pile up for Paper Beats Rock after he romped again over $6,000 restricted claiming company on the February 1 program. For a fifth consecutive start since moving into the care of trainer-driver Richie Simard, the 4-year-old Rocknroll Hanover-In Every Way gelding was a front end winner, this time in a lifetime mark of 1:53. Running Ron, in rein to Ed Hensley, was second in the $3,700 test while Gimme Some Money partnered by Kyle Aylor was third.

 

Paper Beats Rock was originally named Twin B Rock Star and his full potential may not be known. The pacer was a $40,000 yearling as hip 498 in the 2008 Harrisburg sale and is owned by the Fred Monteleone Stable of Pompano Beach, FL.

 

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