Personal Ad long shot winner at Pocono Downs

Personal Ad, driven by Jim Morrill Jr., was a 30-1 long shot winner in the $28,000 open handicap pace Wednesday (April 28) at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.

Leaving from the four post, Personal Ad was first over on the outside of the front running No. 9 Flirtiscape (Anthony Napolitano) with the quarter clicked off in 26.2, half in 56.1 and three-quarters in 1:24.2.

Coming down the stretch, Personal Ad and Fox Valley Topaz (David Miller) dueled to the wire with the latter charging up the passing lane and Personal Ad on the outside. Personal Ad won by a head with Laughandbehappy (John Campbell) finishing third, a length and a quarter behind.

Ken Sherman trains Personal Ad, a four-year-old Artiscape mare now with three wins in eight starts in 2010. Prior to this race, Personal Ad was second in last week’s open handicap pace for the gals.
Feeling You (Morrill Jr.), trained by George Berkner, turned in the fastest time of four divisions of the second leg of the Wilkes-Barre Pace for three-year-old fillies. Time of the winning effort was 1:52.3. Morrill Jr. had four wins through the first 12 races of the 16-race card.

No Bad Luck, a three-year-old Badlands Hanover filly, remained unbeaten in her career, winning another division of the Wilkes-Barre Pace with Morrill Jr. driving. No Bad Luck, now five for five lifetime, is trained by George Teague Jr.(Pocono)