Tweedle Dum Sweeps

World record holder Tweedle Dum continued his Pompano Park supremacy on Saturday, winning the $77,800 Mack Lobell Trotting Series Final in 1:55.1 to sweep the three-race series.

Driven from post six by Walter Ross, Jr., Tweedle Dum was parked in second-place through an opening quarter in :27.2 while Dink Adoo (Wally Hennessey) trotted aggressively to the front and was reluctant to yield the top spot.

“We knew they were going to try and go at us early,” Ross said. “It’s horse racing, that’s what they’re supposed to do. We were just hoping that he would overcome it”.

As the field moved by the grandstand for the first time, Tweedle Dum assumed control and began to slow things down, moving by the half-mile pole in :56.1 after catching a second-panel breather in :28.4. Dink Adoo trotted in second while Battleshoe Victor (Brett Miller) tracked that pair from third.

After passing the three quarters in 1:26, Tweedle Dum opened up a clear lead on his rivals, and at the top of the stretch the gelding was three lengths in front.

“Once he gets going, you’re not shutting him down,” Ross said. “You just have to go with him.”

Battleshoe Victor made a late move on the outside, but was never seriously threatened Tweedle Dum, who crossed the wire 1 1/2 lengths in front for the victory. It was another six lengths back to Dink Adoo who finished third.

Completing the order of finish for the Mack Lobell Trotting Series Final was the lone mare in the field Victor’s Pursuit, Lf Sharp Score, Guy Gets Girl, and Muscular.

“It is remarkable,” winning trainer Gordon Norris said. “I’ve been training horses all my life, and you always lose a shoe, or something goes wrong. This horse has done it all these times without anything like that.”

“I mean, the law of averages is supposed to get you every once and a while,” Norris continued. “But week after week, he’s always there, and he just loves to win.”

Owned by Diane Norris and Alfred Brotter of Pompano Beach, Tweedle Dum has won 24 of his last 28 starts. With Saturday’s victory, the 7-year-old son of Star Challenge pushed his career earnings over $280,000.

In just his second start off a three-month layoff, Lover Boy Le Ru prevailed in the fifth-annual $50,000 Red Bow Tie Invitational for Florida- bred pacers in a lifetime best 1:52.3 on Saturday.

Driven from post six by Joe Pavia Jr., Lover Boy Le Ru led at every call, taking the field through fractions of :27.2, :55.3, and 1:23.2 en route to a half-length victory over Rare Glory (Anthony Napolitano) and race favorite Paper Exchange (Bruce Ranger).

Owned by Irwin Lubar, Jeffrey Hess, and BJR Stables of Florida, and trained by Gerry Nelson, Lover Boy Le Ru improved his career record to 10 wins from 32 starts with $105,453 in earnings. (Pompano Park)

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