Co-features valued at $33,784 each produced new lifetime marks for their victors at Plainridge Park on Thursday, July 10 and included another sub-1:50 outing for the second week in a row.

In the Open Pace, Lifes A Puzzle (Nick Graffam) went right to the front and dominated that group for the rest of the race. After cruising handily on the point through quarters of :27, :54.4 and 1:22 with the field loosely chasing behind, Lifes A Puzzle turned for home unabated, and bolted for the wire under a line-drive by Graffam to win by two lengths in a career best 1:49.1. Pirate Hanover (Aaron Byron) finished second over Fourever Boy (Brett Beckwith).

The win was the third of the year in nine attempts for Lifes A Puzzle ($4.60), a five-year-old son of Lazarus N-L Dees Lioness who is owned by Richard Humphrey and trained by Gerald MacKenzie Jr.

Then in the Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace, Always Bstunning N (Kevin Switzer Jr.) took the lead from Side Piece (Drew Monti) passing the :26.4 quarter and then reached the half in :54.4. As they came off turn two, Intothemysticmoon (Graffam) pulled first-over and tried to pressure Always Bstunning N at three-quarters in 1:23, but that bid failed on the last turn. At the top of the stretch, Side Piece pulled for the drive and got close, but Always Bstunning N hung on to win by a half-length in a new lifetime mark of 1:50.4. Seaside Tina (Mitch Cushing) got the show cheque.

Always Bstunning N ($2.40), a six-year-old daughter of Always B Miki-Simply Stunning owned by Richard Poillucci and trained by Gretchen Athearn, earned her fifth win in nine starts on the campaign.

There was also a $33,874 Starter Allowance on the card in which Virtual Horizon (Monti) got away fifth as Hespoisedtopounce A (Matty Athearn) paced on the lead through early fractions of :26.2 and :55.1. At the midway point,  Virtual Horizon was already out and rolling first-over and hooked up with Hespoisedtopounce A at five-eighths. The pair paced stride-for-stride to three-quarters in 1:23.1 and around the last turn where Virtual Horizon took the lead and then held off the late-closing Warrawee Yale (Kevin Switzer Jr.) to win by a head in 1:51.2. Swifty Run (Bruce Ranger) finished third.

Virtual Horizon ($10.20), a five-year-old son of Vertical Horizon-Saucy B, is owned by Kellogg Racing Stables and trained by Jackie Greene.

Drew Monti had the hot hands at the lines on Thursday, winning four races during the day. Three of his winners were trained by Jackie Greene who scored the conditioning hat trick. Greene’s winners, aside from Virtual Horizon, were Frisco Bay N ($4.40) and Im No Outlaw N ($15.20).

Live racing will resume at Plainridge Park on Monday at 4 p.m., and there will be a $11,443 carryover in the Wicked Hi-5 pentafecta in race six.

(With files from Plainridge Park)