Coming off an impressive 1:53.3 victory at Saratoga Raceway last week, the Empire State shipper La Bella Vita N came back with an even faster effort to take the $20,000 Winners-Over pace for fillies and mares at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon.

Adashious Hanover (Drew Monti) parked La Bella Vita N (Shawn Gray) to the quarter in :26.3 before she was able to clear but once settled, Gray controlled the race. Then went past the half in :55.1 before any challenge came and Turnthefrownaround (Luke Hanners) is the one that brought the heat. 

La Bella Vita N continued to lead and kept Turnthefrownaround at her flank as the hit three-quarters in 1:23.3 and that :28.2 outside brush left the pursuer hanging around the last turn. At the top of the stretch the pocket-sitting Adashious Hanover took her best shot off the pylons and Turnthefrownaround continued in chase, but neither would catch La Bella Vita N, who was pacing away to a 2-1/4 length win in a lifetime best 1:51.4 clocking. 

It was the fifth win of the year for La Bella Vita N ($2.60) who is owned by the team of Bowie Racing and Michael Goldberg Racing. Alicia Gray trains the winner. 

Earlier in the $15,000 conditioned pacing event for five-year-old and under fillies and mares, Pembroke Ali (Heath Campbell) sat second behind the front-running Quarrel (Kevin Switzer, Jr.) through quarters of :26.1, :56.2 and 1:24.1 as JBs Star Dancer (Bruce Ranger) tried to reel in the leader from the half. But when that bid failed, Campbell tipped Pembroke Ali at the head of the stretch, took the lead and held off a late charging Justcallmecasey (Nick Graffam) to win by a half-length margin in 1:54.1.

Pembroke Ali ($7.00) is owned by William Varney and trained by Valerie Grondin. 

Drivers Heath Campbell, Nick Graffam and Bruce Ranger all had driving doubles on Tuesday. 

There is a large and growing carryover of $30,661 available in the sixth race Wicked Hi-5 wager when live racing resumes at Plainridge Park on Thursday afternoon (June 23) with post time at 4 p.m.

(Standardbred Owners of Massachusetts)