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SHA TIN SELECTIONS by Declan Schuster
(Saturday, April 16, 2022)  Race 1: #3 Dragon Baby, #5 Seize The Spirit, #4 Red Brick Fighter, #10 Mission Smart
Race 2: #7 E Brother, #3 Colourful Prince, #2 Utopia Life, #11 Wisdom Patch
Race 3: #9 Super Highway, #1 Lucky Gold, #8 King Of The Court, #13 Stunning Impact 
Race 4: #8 Gallant Hero, #3 Smiling Collector, #5 California Vanes, #1 Prosecco
Race 5: #2 Looking Cool, #7 Right As Rain, #11 Eevee, #10 Sunny Delight 
Race 6: #7 Infinite Power, #4 Apache Pass, #3 Turin Redstar, #8 Romantic Combo
Race 7: #1 Flying Season, #2 Run Run Cool, #5 Trader, #10 Savvy Delight 
Race 8: #12 Sun Of Makfi, #9 Blotting Paper, #4 Mission Bravo, #1 Fast Pace 
Race 9: #11 Magic Supreme, #1 Campione, #8 Like That, #7 Lightning Bolt
Race 10: #12 Harmony Win Win, #3 Sauvestre, #4 Super Dynamite, #7 Super Winner   Race 1: Windy Gap Handicap  #3 Dragon Baby is favoured down in grade. He’s capable here with Joao Moreira up from the good gate against this group, especially as a winner in the class above previously. #5 Seize The Spirit is racing well. He’s a threat here. #4 Red Brick Fighter also makes the class-drop. Zac Purton hops up now after a lacklustre effort last time out. He can make sharp improvement. #10 Mission Smart steps away favourably from gate three. He’ll get his shot close to the speed from the inside draw.    Race 2: Siu Ma Shan Handicap  #7 E Brother turned his form around to finish second last start. He’s come to hand – even if it took a bit of time – and now, from...

Friday’s”Lock” is at Cal-Expo on race 05 with the #4 Allmyx’sliventexas-Drop and pop here. James Kennedy drives.

Last Lock won again and the record is at 909 of 1427 wins with 252 seconds and 94 thirds.)

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Thursday’s “Lock” is at Yonkers Raceway on race 09 with the #5-Sweet Heaven-class and speed of race. Scott Zeron drives.

Last Lock was 2nd and the pick record is now at 908 of 1426 wins with 252 seconds and 94 thirds.

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Wednesday’s “Lock” is at Western Fair: Race 10-#5-Sports Jacket -Double class drop=win. Colin Kelly drives.

Last Lock broke and was off the board. The pic record is now at 908 of 1425 wins with 251 seconds and 94 thirds.

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Tuesday’s “Lock” is at Northfield Park on race 2 with the #5-Desperado Hall -Nice looking trotter-Aaron Merriman drives.

Last Lock won again! The pick record is at 908 of 1424 wins with 251 seconds and 94 thirds.

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Apr 12, 2022

Nui Ba Den N rallies to upset in Plainridge feature

By Tim Bojarski for the Standardbred Owners of Massachusetts

Photos courtesy of Tom Melanson

After sitting seventh at the three-quarter pole in a full field of eight, Nui Ba Den N (Brandon Parker) found his best foot late to upend his foes in the $25,000 Winners-Over featured pace on opening day at Plainridge Park Monday afternoon (April 11) in front of a very robust trackside crowd.

Some Waratah A (Shawn Gray) and Put To Right (Kevin Switzer Jr.) changed leads in the first three-eighths with the latter taking control in front of the stands. Positions remained unchanged to the half when Skyway Victor (Bruce Ranger) came first over to challenge. As the field passed three-quarters, Skyway Victor took control by almost a length from Put To Right, but the race was far from over.

Nui Ba Den N was sitting seventh and five lengths off at this point but Brandon Parker was able to shake loose from the pylons and tip his horse three deep into the last turn. He remained three wide through the entire bend but was still two lengths behind Skyway Victor at the head of the stretch. But under mild urging from Parker, Nui Ba Den N kept on pacing and eventually cleared in deep stretch and won by three-quarters of a length in 1:52.1, setting a new lifetime mark. 

It was the sixth win in 12 starts and tenth in the money finish this year for Nui Ba Den N ($12.40), raising his bankroll to $35,211 for owner George Dremonas. Chris Petrelli trains the winner.

The $20,000 upper level conditioned pace featured a dominant performance from Keystone Dakota (Bruce Ranger) who took a new lifetime record with his win. Ranger left sharply with Keystone Dakota from the gate and was never headed from there. After blasting through quarters of :27.3, :53.4 and 1:21.3 with the rest of the field trying to keep up, Keystone Dakota extended his lead...