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September 6, 2010   Faster N Funk Justin Hall Victory Is Coming (#1) & Jesse's Messenger (#6) Sept. 3~Faster N Funk scores first win of 2010 in Scioto feature The tenth time is the charm. That was the case for Faster N Funk who was winless in nine starts before taking the Friday night trotting feature at Scioto Downs. The 4-year-old Chip Chip Hooray gelding scored in 2:00.1 for trainer-driver Sandy Beatty and owner Debbie Guiler. Favored Glide Right set the tempo for driver Shawn Barker as Beatty settled his trotter in the middle of the nine-horse pack. Faster N Funk moved into the outside flow before the half-mile marker. When the leaders started to slow with a quarter-mile remaining, Beatty moved Faster N Funk three wide and he prevailed in a cavalry charge that saw eight horses finish within 3-1/2 length. The winning margin was a head over Florida Mac Attack while Balance Spur got third money . Glide Right faded to finish sixth. Faster N Funk paid $18.40 to win. Last year Faster N Funk won four times and had three seconds in 21 starts but the best he could manager this was a pair of third-place finishes in nine starts. September 4~Neff drives Dick’s Dandy and Dandy Dick to victory at Scioto Dick’s Dandy nipped Good Connections Kid to win the Saturday night feature at Scioto Downs by a head in 1:55. Pacesetter Tricky Kid was just a neck back in third. Charles Neff was in the bike for owner-trainer Dick Neff and owner David Ehrenberg. Driver Kyle Ater shot the 2-1 favorite Tricky Kid to the front at the start of the race, but was under immediate pressure on the outside by Look Yankee, driven by Devan Miller. That resulted in a swift opening half in :56.2. Dick’s Dandy was sitting snugly fourth on the inside. Look Yankee began to yield in the final quarter and Tricky Kid came under pressure from Delvecchio.Then Dick’s Dandy loomed to challenge in the center of the track. As the pacers charged to the wire, Dick’s Dandy thrust his head in front while Good Connections nipped Tricky Kid for second. It was the third win in nine starts this season for the brown colt and his second straight win at Scioto in 1:55. He paid $27 to win. Dick’s Dandy is a sophomore son of On The Attack and Noble Attraction. One race after winning with Dick’s Dandy, Neff won driving Dandy Dick, a 4-year-old by Dream Work out of Noble Attraction. It was his second win in 10 starts this start. He is owned and trained by Dick Neff. He was timed in 1:56.4. Sept 6~Victory Is Coming defeats Jesse’s Messenger in Scioto stake Victory Is Coming beat reigning Ohio Horse of the Year Jesse’s Messenger in the $36,000 Ohio Sires Stakes for sophomore filly trotters at Scioto Downs on Monday afternoon. It was the first time Jesse’s Messenger has ever lost a race at Scioto Downs, and also the first time she’s lost to an Ohio-sired competitor. Victory Is Coming had post one, but Jesse’s Messenger left faster from post six to get the early lead through an opening quarter-mile in :28.1. When driver Ryan Stahl slowed the tempo in the second quarter, Ammon Hershberger moved Victory Is Coming to the outside and trotted up to challenge the leader. Jesse’s Messenger responded by posting a torrid :27.3 third quarter, which opened up ground on the seven horses trailing the two leaders. Hershberger slipped Victory Is Coming in behind Jesse’s Messenger for a while to give her a breather. Then Victory Is Coming came back out for the challenge and the race was on as the two superb trotting fillies came off the final turn. Soon it was obvious that Victory Is Coming was the best on this day as she pulled away to score by 1-1/2 lengths in 1:56, a new record for the daughter of Victory Sam. The final half-mile was covered in 57 seconds. Victory Is Coming now has 11 wins in 14 starts this season for Betty and John Red Shaw of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. In her career she has won 16 of her 24 career starts and her career bankroll is now right at $150,000. Jesse’s Messenger held for second. Flori’s Future finished 7-1/2 lengths back in third. In other Ohio Sires Stakes action, Kurt Sugg shot Golden Fizz up the inside to win a division of the sophomore filly pace in 1:54.2. Sugg left quickly with the daughter of Towner’s Big Guy, then yielded to favored Lullaby Til Dawn. Once in the stretch, Sugg took the inside lane to victory as she won by a length over Lullaby Til Dawn with Misster Wilker third. It was her seventh win in 19 starts this season for trainer Darrell Hooser and owner Ronald Bates. The other Ohio Sires Stakes split for 3-year-old pacing fillies was an easy-does-it win for Rub Thing, giving her six wins in a row for owner-trainer Virgil Morgan, Jr. and driver Chris Page. The daughter of On The Attack had post one and Page shot her to the front after the start. The 1-2 favorite was so intimidating and Page was able to get away with soft fractions, then sprinted a final half-mile in :56.1 to seal the victory. She prevailed over Lovely Dawn and Our Ms Annabel. Rub Thing has now won eight of her 12 starts in 2010. Prior to the races, there was a ceremony for Ohio horseman Justin Hall, who was injured badly in an accident a year ago. Hall was in a coma for two months and then in a rehab facility for a month before being released. He is not licensed to drive horses again, but was able to jog a horse around the track as part of the ceremony. A large contingent of his fellow horsemen waited in the winner’s circle to greet him. It’s hope that Hall will be able to drive again sometime in the near future. |
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