Pocket-rocket trip scores in Pompano feature

Fred Monteleone’s U All BB ($14.80) was the pocket-rocket at the Isle Pompano Park Tuesday, using perfect cover in capturing the $16,000 Mares Open Handicap Pace.

Pasta Lavista and driver Dan Clements went right to the lead at the start of the feature with U All BB and driver Bruce Ranger grabbing the two-hole dream trip. Pasta Lavista led the field to the opening quarter mile in :28.2 and the half mile in :57.1 before the action started to heat up.

The race favorite and Pompano Park’s all-time fastest mare, Esmeralda Semalu and driver Joe Pavia Jr. started up first-over as the field entered the backstretch and started to advance on the leaders by the three-quarters in 1:25.2. But it was then that Ranger made his move out of the pocket with U All BB and got the jump on Esmeralda Semalu.

As they started down the stretch, Pasta Lavista began to fade as U All BB took command and then held off a late charge by Chapsboots N Spurs (Wally Hennessey) to win by three-quarters of a length in 1:54.2. Esmeralda Semalu was third.

It was the first win in three starts this year for U All BB, a five-year-old mare by Allamerican Ingot. She is trained by Bruce Ranger for the Fred Monteleone Stable of Pompano Beach. (Pompano Park)

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