During the afternoon of Thursday, February 18 at Monticello Raceway, driver Kyle Dibenedetto recorded his 6,000th career win.
Dibenedetto notched the win with Simply Rockin. The son of Rockin Image made his Monticello Raceway debut a winning one after having recently competed at Northfield Park.
The gelding won in wire-to-wire fashion for owner/trainer Michael Weiner of Woodridge NY. Sent off at 1-5, Rockin Image did not disappoint the betting public, as he was an easy 10-length winner in 2:01:2.
Back in November when Dibenedetto was starting to get close to the milestone, the wins were spaced far apart.
A jubilant Dibenedetto said in the winners circle, “my daughter was joking with me when I was 15 shy of he milestone, she said ‘dad, in the old days it would have only taken you four or five days to get 15 wins, now it takes 4 – 5 weeks!”
Dibenedetto was welcomed to the winners circle by his fellow colleagues and well-wishers.
(Monticello Raceway)
