Rumble at Pompano Park

Rovasreadytorumble ($13.60) and driver Wally Hennessey were able to fan out three wide from fifth on the final turn and gun down both Kid Conway and Pure Jessie to win the $8,500 feature trot at the Isle Pompano Park Wednesday.

It was 10-1 Kid Conway and driver Bruce Ranger who started off the race shooting right to the lead from the rail with Better By Design (Fern Paquet Jr.) grabbing the two-hole spot by the opening quarter mile in :29.2. But the 4-5 race favorite, Purse Jesse and driver Kevin Wallis, had their sights on the lead and quarter-moved to try and take command. Ranger parked them out to the half mile in :58 and then kept them hung out to dry on the outside past the three-quarter pole in 1:27.

That was when Hennessey had Rovasreadytorumble in high gear from fifth place, looping the field and coming on in the stretch to win with ease by 1 1/2 lengths in 1:57.3. Kid Conway bested Pure Jesse for second.

It was the second win in four starts this year for Rovasreadytorumble, a 10-year-old gelded son of Veeba Rova who is trained by Dan Hennessey and owned by the Trot Time Farm of Savannah, Ga. (Pompano Park)

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