The featured event on the Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 8) harness racing program at Running Aces was the $9,000 Open Handicap Pace for Fillies and Mares, with a talented field of seven lining up behind the gate.
Pull The Shade was the talk of the toteboard at 4-5 and left the gate fastest of all to take the early lead from post 7 before yielding to Motu Moonbeam N just past a :27 quarter.
Alwaysalittlemore came first-up to challenge and pressure the leader up the backside and into the far turn, with Another Beach Day picking up the live cover through middle fractions of :56.4 and 1:25.3.
Motu Moonbeam N turned back the initial challenger, but when driver Braxten Boyd tipped off cover with Another Beach Day there was little the leader could do in response. Another Beach Day ($23.60) surged past to score a one-and-a-quarter length victory in 1:54.1 for her second win of the season.
It was just her third local start for her new owner Brandy Boyd, who picked up her very first win as an owner in the featured race of the day with her 21-year-old son Braxten in the bike for the win. Gene Miller is the winning trainer.
Motu Moonbeam N held second, and Windmeupnwatchmego rallied for third.
The $8,625 Minnesota-Sired freshman "A" pace went to heavy-favourite May Day Maggie (Mooney Svendsen, $2.40) for her third win of the season. She dominated the affair from gate-to-wire in 1:59.1 over Brooklyn Wind Up and Shes A Showstopper. The winning filly is owned by Rick Huffman and Larry Matter and is trained by Justin Anfinson.
The $5,750 Minnesota-Sired freshman "B" pace went to heavy-favourite Dontcallmefrieda (Nick Roland, $2.80) in 2:03 for her first win. The winner is a filly by Wind Me Up, owned by Connie and Judith Roland and trained by Jessica Johnson.
So So De Vie (Mooney Svendsen) scored his fourth straight win in a $4,800 conditioned pace for owner Jose Cervantes and trainer Edward Hernandez. The sharp three-year-old gelding is a son of American Ideal and was a one-and-a-half length winner in 1:54.3.
Driver Mooney Svendsen led the Tuesday card with a hat trick of three wins, and Dean Magee registered a double. Trainer Justin Anfinson also recorded a double.
Live Racing returns to Running Aces on Wednesday (Sept. 9) with first post at 1:00 p.m. (CDT) and will feature a carryover in the 20-cent Pick-5 Jackpot wager of $6,614.30.
(Running Aces)