After a series of eventful trips that included an equipment malfunction, a break in close quarters and other assorted traffic issues, Bit Player had clear sailing on the lead last weekend and came away with a stakes trophy for Steve and Vickie Desomer and driver Steve Wiseman.

The dark-hued three-year-old pacer is by Moxie out of the Leading Edge mare Linear and has now posed for pictures following four of his 14 career attempts. He was avenging a loss to stablemate Daring Do in the previous big-money gathering over a sloppy track in late December in the process.

“Linear had a 1:53.1 mark and was a winner of over $188,000,” Vickie Desomer related. “She was one of four homebreds we sold to the late Dr. Gary Budahn and his wife Debbie very early in her career. When she retired, Dr. Budahn offered her to us in return for raising her first foal, who turned out to be Great Integrity. He took a 1:52.4 mark and earned $133,000 for the Budahns.”

Linear also went on to produce a productive performer in Code Blue and has most recently been represented by Bit Player, who appears to have a very nice future under the Desomer Stables banner.

As for Linear, she is currently part of a very worthy cause.

“She resides at Harmony Have in Cottonwood and earns her keep as a therapy horse for disabled children,” Vickie reported. And the beat goes on.

(Cal Expo)