Bourbans Best paced home for his 50th victory, winning the second race at MGM Northfield Park on Tuesday (May 11).
Bourbans Best (Pro Bono Best – Mattachevitz – Matts Scooter) has career earnings of $295,028 with a lifetime mark of 1:52, taken at Northfield at age 12. The gelding’s richest win was for a purse of $14,000 in a Late Closing Series Final at Northfield in 2019. Bourbans Best is a well-traveled campaigner — his 444 starts have been spread across 12 different racing surfaces.
Bourbans Best started from post 3 in the evening’s $5,000 conditioned event. He let his competition carve fractions of :27 and :56.1 before pulling first over and taking the lead nearing the 1:25.1 three-quarters. He eventually bested his competition by two lengths in 1:54.3. He was favored in the race and paid $4.00 to win.
Uriah Miller of Streetsboro, Ohio owns Bourbans Best. Trainer Sam Schillaci called upon Hunter Myers for the winning drive.
The 14-year-old veteran, with 444 career starts, also has 55 seconds and 57 third-place finishes.
(Northfield Park)