Our IdaBet.com players wagered on Pompano Park last weekend. The first leg of the $112,500 Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park Late Closer Series was contested in two $12,500 divisions on Saturday night and both provided upset winners as two invaders, Totally Rusty and Show Runner, took their respective events.
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Listed below is a recap from last weekend.
Totally Rusty, the four year-old chestnut daughter of Rusty’s For Real, was driven by Tom Jackson and pinned a victory measuring 1 ¼ lengths over the late charging Mach It A Par (Dan Clements) in 1:51.3.
Godiva Seelster (Wally Hennessey) finished third, 1 ¾ lengths away, while the early pacesetter, Just A Bee, finished fourth. Sandysgoldenhour picked up the nickel in the field of seven.
At the outset, Godiva Seelster and Just A Bee both left with alacrity with the latter taking over at the first station timed in :27.1.
During the second quarter, Sensational Gabby A brushed up strongly, applying pressure on the leader with the top pair reaching the half noses apart in :55.
Just short of that mid-mile pole, Totally Rusty began a monstrous brush from sixth, paced an individually timed third panel close to :27 to brush around “Gabby” on the backside and stick her head in front of Just A Bee at the third station in 1:22.4.
After grinding Just A Bee into submission, Totally Rusty only had to take care of the late charging Mach It A Par, which she did “handily,”
In a post-race interview, driver Tom Jackson said, “Rusty was good in her qualifier coming home in :27 and a piece under no duress. I thought she’d be competitive tonight so, if you ask me if I would be surprised with her win, I would...
