Vapor In The Wind Takes Pompano Feature

Published: December 27, 2008 09:48 pm EST

Vapor In The Wind has visited the winner’s circle twelve times in his 32 starts this season. The four-year-old Cole Muffler gelding made it four consecutive wins at Pompano Park by taking the $16,000 Open Handicap Pace in 1:51 Saturday night.

It was Jjs Gazette and driver Dan Clements that got the first call from Post 2, but by the time they rolled by the quarter in :26.4, I Can Only Imagine (Bruce Ranger) took over the lead. As the field went by the grandstand for the first time Wallis pulled Vapor In The Wind to the outside and took the field by the half-mile marker in :55.

Wally Hennessey pulled D’Artagnan with a quick rush on the backside and went head and head with Vapor In The Wind to the three-quarters in 1:23.1. As the two battled it out and turned for home it was Vapor In The Wind that held on to win by a 1/2 length.

Jjs Gazette (Dan Clements) finished second with Monet CC (Joe Pavia, Jr.) finishing third.

Vapor In The Wind is owned by the Tanah Merah Farms LLC of Illinois and trained by Richard Macomber.

Macomber also sent out the winner for the Tanah Merah Farms in the first race, four-year-old Incredible Finale gelding, Gotta Go Moe (Anthony Napolitano).

(Pompano Park)

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