Driver Scott Zeron stole the show on Wednesday morning (April 15) at Olympia of Palm Beach Training Center, winning all four of the qualifying races on the five-eighths mile oval.
The first race trot saw Zeron wire the field with Celebrity Liberty in 2:02.3, with Celebrity Serena and Zeron winning the second in 1:57.3. That was the fastest mile of the four races.
Tom Haughton holds Celebrity Serena after her qualifying win with Scott Zeron
Zeron then guided Celebrity Miracle (1:59.2) and Roll With Angel (1:58.1) to victory to complete the qualifying card.
“The track was in great shape,” said Zeron, “and I was able to sit behind some nice horses. For me it’s nice to qualify and get back in form. It gets me excited for competitive racing when we all start back up. Celebrity Serena was pretty impressive today. 1:57.3 is a quick mile on that track. With that said hopefully sooner than later we can all get back to racing.”
Qualifiers, two-year-olds behind the gate and 2:25 mile races for two-year-olds will continue at Olympia of Palm Beach next Wednesday, April 22 at 11:00 a.m.
Horse people interested in entering the qualifiers, please contact Kathy Breedlove at 954-654-0129 by 1:00 p.m on Tuesday, April 21. There will be only three horses per race and, if possible, horses will be split into divisions by gait.
Anyone planning on shipping in with their horse(s) for the qualifiers must call Ann-Mari Daley at 315-225-4992 as special arrangements have been made for ship-ins.
(with files from Olympia of Palm Beach)