Heza Real Diamond, who has posed for pictures following five of his last seven trips to the post, will be looking to increase that impressive batting average in Friday night’s featured $6,700 Open Pace at Cal Expo.
There will be 10 races presented under the Watch and Wager LLC banner on Friday (Feb. 28) and first post has been set for 6:40 p.m. There will also three sire stakes races contested prior to the program as non-wagering dashes.
Friday’s Open Pace will see Heza Real Diamond start from Post 10 and arch-rival Allmyxliventexas start from Post 9. The other four starters will line up in the inside slots.
Heza Real Diamond, who is a four-year-old son of Allamerican Native, is owned by Orlando Nevarez, conditioned by Edwin Quevedo, will be driven by Nick Roland.
Heza Real Diamond will try to from Post 10 for the second consecutive time (he handily scored from that slot two weeks ago with Roland and established a new lifetime mark of 1:51.1 in the process).
Allmyxsliventexas is a classy Wayne and Rod Knittel homebred that has $214,00 in earnings and a 1:50 mile on his card. The Bob Johnson trainee will host Mooney Svendsen in the bike as usual. Bestinthebusiness, Queenace Blue Chip, Part Time and China King complete the cast.
There will be a $14,893 carryover in the 20-cent Single 6 Friday night, and there are also two wagers offered with a reduced 16 per cent takeout rate – the 20-cent Pick 5 and 20-cent Pick 4. The Pick 4 features a $40,000 guaranteed gross pool on Saturdays and a $30,000 guarantee on Fridays.
(With files from Cal Expo)