A trotting filly has brought Walter Paisley back to Hawthorne Race Course, and the 67-year-old horseman, who retired from active driving in 1993 with purses earned in excess of $34 million and over 5,700 victories, is scheduled to drive the 2-year-old filly trotter Petruccelli in a $50,000 Night of Champions final on Saturday at the track.
Looking a bit further, Petruccelli, as it turned out, is a
We figured that she must be pretty special if she brought Sir Walter back to the bike. It’s starting to look like she might be. She finished fourth in Leg 1 of the Lil Bit Tuff Series for ICF 2-year-old Filly Trotters but returned a week later in Leg 2 to dominate the field. So what's the scoop, both on this filly and Paisley?
“A friend sold me the mare, Touch of Victory," says Paisley. "I didn’t really want her but the price was right. So I bought her and bred her. I did try to sell Petruccelli but she didn’t bring what I thought she was worth at the sale. In fact, I wouldn’t have broken even on her if I sold her. So, I sent her to my trainer, Jerry Dudzik. “I thought she had some ability, she always trained well and she never broke, but a lot of times they train well in the morning and show nothing in a race. You never know what you have until they face competition. I did like her but it wasn’t until her qualifier that I thought she might be a good one.”
Paisley says he's not sure where the filly will race after Saturday night, although he adds that she is "eligible for everything. But, I’m not a big fan of
Petruccelli is the only horse Paisley presently has in training. "But, I bought a small farm out in What does he do for fun? “I’ve been keeping busy. Since we got the farm, I cut a lot of grass and trim a lot of trees.” (Hawthorne)
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