He was overlooked to the tune of 5-1, but Daley Deposit Only got the last laugh again in the $15,000 Open Handicap Pace on Saturday evening at Pompano Park
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The action in the weekly top pacing class was hot and heavy from the outset as Wheres Waldo parked out Four Starz Bling in the meet's fastest first quarter to date of :26.1. At the half in :55.3, Four Starz Bling was already under attack as Wheres Waldo vacated the pocket to surge to the front.
In the third quarter, Wheres Waldo was forced to pick up the :27.2 backstretch challenge from Card Dealer. Sent up second over was Daley Deposit Only well before the third marker was reached in 1:23.
As the field turned for home, Daley Deposit Only was shown clear track by his trainer and driver Dan Daley and sailed by for the win in 1:51.4. Card Dealer persisted for the runner-up share after his game first over bid and Wheres Waldo held third.
Daley Deposit Only, a five-year-old Artiscape-Sassy Cessiann gelding, thus recorded his fourth win in nine trips this year for the ownership group of Ann Mari Daley, Jared Daley, Robert Pergament and Richard Lombardo. His 2010 bankroll is over $57,000 and the career winner of $177,000 is on pace for the best year of his career.
Gale Warning Romps Again
In Saturday evening's $15,000 Open Trot, Gale Warning showed his class and romped for a second straight week in the top class in 1:55.
One of the weekend's hottest drivers in South Florida, Tom Sells, had Gale Warning spotted just behind a first quarter battle for the lead as Hope Reins Supreme parked out NF Soaring. At the :27.3 first marker, Sells had Gale Warning up and moving to the lead and he breezed home the rest of the way after the half in :57.4 and three quarters of 1:26.1. Four-year-old mare Alarming Quick mounted an excellent late brush from sixth to take down the place position and Hope Reins Supreme held third.
Gale Warning, a seven-year-old Strong Gale-Lizs Promise gelding and career winner of over $364,000 has now won half of his eight starts for Florida owners Ciro Gentile and Rod Lorenzo. It was the second straight week the veteran trotted to victory in 1:55 and this was his 37th career win.
The current meet in South Florida will conclude on May 22nd and the Saturday evening doubleheader programs continue through April 3rd.
(Pompano Park)