Plainville, MA — After following cover for most of the mile, the highly overlooked Swifty Lazar (Dear Lou) stood at 30-1 in the shadow of the barbed wire to score his fourth harness racing victory of the year in the $14,000 Trackmaster pace at Plainridge Park on Friday afternoon (Nov. 7).
Swifty Lazar (Brad Irvine) was the last to get away as Rollinwithhottoddy (Fern Paquet Jr.) took the lead in the quarter before releasing Beach Watch (Nick Graffam) to the point, who then ran a stiff :58.1 to half. The slow pace produced an outside flow led by Wainapedia (Matty Athearn) and saw Swifty follow Lazar into the wind in the third over.
Positions remained unchanged and in two lines up the backstretch and around the final turn until the seven-eighths when Clearwater Courage (Nick Graffam) tipped three deep and Swifty Lazar went four wide around him for the drive to the line. With the entire field spread out across the track, all horses had a chance and were within two lengths of each other in deep stretch. But Swifty Lazar had the best footing on the day and won by a margin in 1:55.2.
Swifty Lazar ($63.40) is owned and trained by Laura Shock.
QUICK LAZAR REPEAT
Drivers Nick Graffam, Brad Irvine, Bruce Ranger and Kevin Switzer Jr. all recorded two wins each on Friday, while 10 different trainers won one race each.
Live racing resumes at Plainridge Park on Monday (November 10) at 1pm
Free full past performance programs and race replays for all live racing days at Plainridge Park can be found at plainridgeparkcasino.com.
For full race results, click here: American trotting results.
Through Tim Boyarskifor Plainridge Park
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