Tweedle Dum seeks sweep

South Florida trotting sensation and world record holder Tweedle Dum will attempt a three-race sweep of the sixth annual Mack Lobell Trotting Series when he starts in the $77,800 final at Pompano Park on Saturday. The race has attracted a field of seven and will go as the third event on a stakes-filled program from the Pompano Beach oval.

Installed as the 3-5 morning line favorite in the Mack Lobell Final, Tweedle Dum enters Saturday’s trot on a three-race winning streak that began on Feb. 2 with a world record-equaling mile in 1:53.2 to match the mark set for older geldings on a five-eighths mile track.

That effort made Tweedle Dum the fastest trotter in the 43-year history of Pompano Park, and in 2006 the 7-year-old son of Star Challenge set the Pompano Park track record with 21 victories for the season.

A winner in both rounds of the Mack Lobell Series, Tweedle Dum has visited the winner’s circle in 23 of his last 27 starts, and has not finished lower than third since making a break and crossing the wire ninth in last year’s Mack Lobell Final.

Tweedle Dum is owned by Diane Norris and Alfred Brotter and will be driven from post six by Walter Ross, Jr. for trainer Gordon Norris.

The Panhellenic Stable Corporation’s Dink Adoo, who has finished second in both rounds of the Mack Lobell Trotting Series, returns for the Saturday final for trainer Michile Lorenzo and is listed as the 2-1 second choice in the morning line.

Winless in five starts this year, Dink Adoo came up a nose shy of Tweedle Dum in the opening leg of the Mack Lobell Series, and was most recently beaten 1 3/4 lengths by that rival in leg two.

Dink Adoo enjoyed his most lucrative season in 2006 when prevailing 15 times, with a second-place finish in the $105,000 Dygert Final at Hawthorne Race Course and a third-place performance in the $200,000 American National Open Trot Final at Balmoral Park. With a career bankroll of $620,747, the 8-year-old son of Inquirer is the top money earner in the field.

Dink Adoo will start from post two for the Mack Lobell Final with Wally Hennessey at the lines.

Michael Polansky’s Battleshoe Victor enters the Mack Lobell Final off a third-place performance in the second leg of the series.

The 5-year-old son of Valley Victory was an eight-time winner in 2006, highlighted by a victory in the $48,500 Eddy Oakley Final at Hawthorne.

Battleshoe Victor will be driven from the rail by Brett Miller for trainer Tom Harmer.

The Mack Lobell Trot was established in 2002 and is named after the world champion trotter and stallion, Mack Lobell, who won the 1987 Hambletonian and still holds the 3-year-old colt track record at Pompano Park of 1:54.1, set in the 1987 Breeders’ Crown. Mack Lobell retired in 1989 with 41 victories from 58 starts and $2,770,144 in earnings. (Pompano Park)

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