McGreat and Hillybilly shared the spotlight at Pompano Park on Saturday night, each winning their respective events in 1:52.1.

In the Winners Over Pace, McGreat, driven by Kevin Wallis for trainer Luanna Beeson and owners Chris and Sophia Valkanoff, made a quarter move to the top, repelled a serious bid from millionaire Hyperion Hanover around the final turn and then held off the furious late rallies of Avantage and Freeneasy Hanover to record his third win of the year in 16 starts. The six-year-old now has banked over $190,000 lifetime.

Hillybilly, a Florida bred sophomore colt by N Aboriginal owned by Amante Standardbreds, led every step on his mile, clocking an opener of :26.4 and, after a second quarter breather, came home in :55.4 to score a handy win for Bruce Ranger. The 1:52.1 clocking knocked two full seconds off of his previous best mile.

In a pre-race interview, trainer Marc Aubin had said, “this colt can brush a quarter mile as well as any colt I have ever trained in the 50 years plus I have been in this business.”

On Saturday night, he brushed the whole mile!

Sons and daughters of Florida stallion Six Of Diamonds also dominated the proceedings during the week.

On Monday, the star of the show was the Florida bred Black Diamond Girl, handled by Wally Hennessey.

The six-year-old daughter of Six Of Diamonds made a quarter move from third to the front after a :27.1 opening quarter, repelled very serious pressure around the final turn from another Six Of Diamonds mare, Diamond Amber, and went on to score by a length in 1:54.2 with her last half-mile timed in :56.4.

Trained by Kim Sears for owners Penny Kelley and Jay Sears, Black Diamond Girl pushed her lifetime bounty past the $150,000 mark.

Also on Monday, Norm Dessureault celebrated his 65th birthday by scoring a gate-to-wire win with Magical Victory in 1:58.1 for owners Noreen Paulin and Denis Robidoux. Dessureault has won well over 1,800 races during his storied career.

On Wednesday night, yet another pacer by Six Of Diamonds, Quincy, produced the fastest mile on the nine-race card.

Quincy, owned by the Marc Aubin Stable and trained by 79-year-old Marc, himself, used a ferocious closing kick to out-brush his competition to the wire in 1:54.1 over a track labeled 'good' after heavy rains pelted Pompano’s five-eighths mile oval.

Aubin has amassed 525 lifetime training wins to go along with well over 3,300 driving wins.

In the feature trot on Wednesday night, the Florida bred Lugar, trained by Mark Friedman for the Polo Stables, was given a picture-perfect drive by Kevin Wallis to score a wire-to-wire win in 1:57.2.

The five-year-old “Famously” bred gelding — yes, he is by Famously — continued his ultra-consistent performances in 2013 with his third win in 16 starts (he has a half-dozen seconds and a trio of thirds, as well) to send his career earnings to $110,000 and change — over $30,000 of that this year.

(Pompano Park)