Enhance Yourcalm N made a third consecutive jump in class and this week to the top level $25,000 Winners-Over Handicap featured trot. But despite the tougher company, the results remained the same as Enhance Yourcalm N won again on Thursday (Sept. 28) to remain undefeated at Plainridge Park.
Kevin Switzer Jr. got away fourth with Enhance Yourcalm N while the front-running Echo De Meautis Fr (Nick Graffam) towed the field to the half in :57.1. Enhance Yourcalm N was out and rolling there and flushed Big Al M (Mitchell Cushing), who provided cover to the seven-eighths pole where Enhance Yourcalm N tipped around him before going head to head with Echo De Meautis Fr. Echo De Meautis Fr looked to have the edge heading home but Enhance Yourcalm N incrementally drew nearer with every stride and got up in the shadow of the wire to win by a head in 1:53.4.
Owned by his trainer Mark Eaton along with Robert Griffin, Enhance Yourcalm N ($5.40) earned his seventh win of the year from 27 starts.
Earlier in the $17,500 conditioned trot, Sonnys Moni (Bruce Ranger) got back to his winning ways after tasting defeat for the first time in 2023 last week. Ranger gave Sonnys Moni a second-over trip behind Dewey Dog (Jim Hardy) in pursuit of the leading Twoscoopsforjack (Kevin Switzer Jr.). Sonnys Moni moved into second at the top of the stretch before pulling away to a 2-1/4-length win in 1:55.2.
Trained by Domenico Cecere for Moni Maker Stable, Sonnys Moni ($2.40) earned his eighth win in only nine starts this year.
Drivers Brett Beckwith, Mitchell Cushing, Jim Hardy and Jay Randall all had two wins on Thursday while 11 different trainers each won one race apiece.
Live harness racing will resume at Plainridge Park on Monday, Oct. 2 at 2 p.m. when the second leg of the $3 million Massachusetts Sire Stakes program goes behind the gate featuring the state’s best bred three-year-olds. There will be a $14,843 carryover in the Wicked Hi-5 pentafecta wager in race six.
(With files from Standardbred Owners of Massachusetts)