The Sunday evening (June 2) program at Running Aces was jam-packed with featured events and full fields.

One of the night's highlighted contests was the $15,000 Minnesota-Sired Four-Year-Olds & Up Trot. Bringoverthemoney was the headliner in the bulky field of ten and was coming into the dash fresh off of a sharp third-place finish in the top Open Handicap last week. Bringoverthemoney ($3.60) was the three-year-old Minnesota trotting champion last year, as he notched 11 wins from 19 races. Bringoverthemoney’s Sunday appearance was just the third start of the season for the impressive son of Money Talks. Tim Maier has been his regular pilot this season for trainer David Ginter.

Bringoverthemoney and Maier got away from the gate sixth on the outside and had to operate in the outer flow for most of the mile. Whatevershesgot (driven by Rick Magee) had made the lead just past the quarter, and Bringoverthemoney came up to pressure the leader near the five-eighths juncture before dropping into the pocket around the final turn. The fractions (:28.1, :57.4, 1:26.3) were sensible throughout.

The resulting stretch battle between the top two was nothing short of breathtaking, as Whatevershesgot refused to relent and Bringoverthemoney was determined to get by. They opened up nearly five lengths on the rest of the field and traded blows right down to the line, and it was Bringoverthemoney that just pushed his nose ahead on the wire. The teletimer showed a mark-lowering 1:56 in what was the first win of the season for proud owner Joshua Horvat. Bringoverthemoney now has 14 career wins, and $104,062 in earnings.

Al-Mar Humdinger (Mark Mintun) picked up her fourth career win by capturing the $16,000 Minnesota-Sired Three-Year-Old Trot, which featured a field of ten that included five fillies and five geldings. After having gotten away in fifth, the sharp filly by Money Talks made her move down the backside with an eye-catching brush to the lead. She then held gamely to the wire and defeated Major Al-Mar (Rick Magee) and Twilight Tinker (Brian Detgen) in 2:01.2. Al-Mar Humdinger ($5.80) is owned by Aimes Racing and trained by Elvin Zimmerman.

Banker Volo ($3.60) pulled off a repeat with a sharp, gate-to-wire mile in the $15,000 Open Handicap Trot. Driver Nick Roland sent Banker Volo right to the front from their Post 8 assignment and they were never in doubt. The pair went on to score by one and one-quarter lengths in 1:56.1 over French Eclipse (Rick Magee) and My Uncle Cuz (Don Harmon). Banker Volo is owned by Lucas Roland and trained by Jenni King.

Live racing will return to Running Aces on Tuesday, June 4. First-race post time will be at 7:00 p.m. (CDT) and there will be a $3,251.90 carryover in the Jackpot Pick-5.

(With files from Running Aces)