Pompano Park will host the biggest night of racing thus far at the South Florida track on Sunday, Nov. 25 with the FSBOA sponsored Super Night events plus a $15,000 guaranteed pool on the track's Pick 4. There is also a Super Hi-5 carryover of $26,216.
Super Night consists of eight events for Florida-bred two and three year olds with five of these events beginning as non-wagering events at 5:15 p.m. and the remaining three kicking off the competitive nine-race pari-mutuel program.
Proud Sophie and Kerry B renew their rivalry in the $49,200 Breeders Stakes for juvenile trotting fillies while Prairie Gem, Damien Hall and Prairie Shibby, among others, will do battle in the $52,500 final for the two-year-old trotting geldings.
The $51,500 event for three-year-old trotting fillies follows with I Rhoda Daley looking to repeat her championship performance as a two-year-old last season. Her main threat appears to be Jennifer, who just took a new life mark just two starts back.
The $49,750 sophomore trot for geldings features Captain Thomas and Dangerous Mood, both winners in Stakes competition this fall.
The final non-wagering event is the $53,100 Breeders Stake Final for three-year-old pacing fillies. This well matched field includes Prairie Easter, with a 1:51.2 Pocono mark coming in, and Krinda, who has a 3-2-1 scorecard in her six starts this semester.
The pari-mutuel program kicks off with the $53,900 Stake for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings. Gold Star Diablo, last year's Super Night champion as a two-year-old, is undefeated at Pompano Park in his five stakes starts this fall season and is expected to be favoured to extend that streak.
Completing the early daily double will be the $53,700 Breeders Stake for the two-year-old pacing colts and geldings Mister Marvalous and Zaza Boy matching strides in that event.
The final FSBOA event is the $55,500 Breeders Stake for juvenile pacing fillies and features the outstanding Natasha, a winner of six straight at Pompano Park since the fall season began. Also entered are Prairie Westerngal and Rockin Ellie, each having chased Natasha around the South Florida five-eights mile oval during the stakes season.
The highly anticipated program also features a $2,000,000 field in the Open I Handicap Pace. The million dollar winner Lucan Hanover will match strides with track-record holder Panocchio and last week's winner Dakota Jack, among others.
The track will have a $15,000 Guaranteed Pool on the Pick 4 (races 6 through 9) and a large carryover in the track's Super Hi-5 finale-now standing at $26,216.
The non-wagering festivities begin at 5:15 p.m. with the pari-mutuel program scheduled to begin at 7:20 p.m.
(With files from Pompano Park)