It’s safe to say that Miso Fast was a hard-luck Glamour Boy last season at age three, as the talented son of Roll With Joe found himself on the unlucky end of some of the sport’s upper echelon clashes. After a barn change, the sharp bay has now made his four-year-old debut, and it was a winning one.
Miso Fast (who was driven by Bryce Fenn), lived up to his name at Pompano Park on Sunday night (April 8), as the four-year-old made his seasonal pari-mutuel debut a winning one, as he conquered a select field of older horses.
When all was said and done, the son of Roll With Joe stopped the timer in 1:50.3. He had taken command at the opening station in a rapid :26.2 and then proceeded through panels of :55.3 and 1:23. An effortless :27.3 final panel sealed the deal by three parts of a length.
Among his victims Sunday night were the late-charging Rock On Moe (Dan Daley), Dees Rocketman (Andy Santeramo) and track record holder Panocchio, who finished fourth. Doo Wop Hanover finished fifth.
"He had been off for a few months after facing some of the better three-year-olds last season, and he qualified a couple of times and looked sharp in both of those,” said Miso Fast’s new trainer, Luanna Beeson. “But you never know what to expect racing against seasoned veterans like these, so I am very pleased with his mile. Bryce (driver Fenn) did his usual great job with him. The only thing I told him was to 'drive him like he owned him.' He did just that.”
Miso Fast, with Bryce Fenn in his bike, made his 2018 pari-mutuel debut a winning one at Pompano Park on Sunday night (Skip Smith Photo)
Owned by Winchester Baye Acres LLC, the sleek Miso Fast sent his career bankroll to $655,438 courtesy of the win. Sent off at even money on the tote-board, Miso Fast paid $4.20 to win.
The track also hosted three amateur events which honoued the memory of the grand sportsman Cornelious Kingsley Garrison Billings, the owner of harness racing's first two minute trotter, Lou Dillon, back in 1903.
Those events – two trotting events and one pacing race – were won by Skyway Pippen (Robert Krivelin), Pixie Queen (John Campagnuolo) and Feelin Lucky (Billy Muggleston).
Pompano Park's Super Hi-5 finale was also conquered on Sunday night, as a single 20-cent ticket which held the winning combination of 6-2-1-3-9 was worth $13,496.94.
Live racing at Pompano will continue with a Sunday-Monday-Tuesday schedule throughout the month of April with post time remaining at 7:20 p.m.
(With files from Pompano Park)