Odds On Racing - Harness Racing

Aquarius Series, Leg Two

February 17, 2007

$35,000 Aquarius: Leg 2 The Meadowlands, Saturday, February 17, 2007
PP Horse                     Driver
1 Bono Bests                 Y Gingras
3 Real Mean Art             B Sears
6 Alastor Hanover          D Dube
5 Fox Valley Appeal       C Manzi
2 My Boy David             A Miller
4 Sandro Hanover         G Brennan
28.2      55.4      1:24.      1:51.2
The Skinny: Bono Bests got up in the final strides to win the first of two $35,000 Aquarius Series divisions, Saturday night at the Meadowlands.

Trained by Jacob Hartline and driven by Yannick Gingras, Bono Bests paced the mile in 1:51.2 for his first win in two starts this season. Real Mean Art was second while Alastor Hanover was third.

Bono Bests won 10 races and earned $214,805 during his successful sophomore campaign. He hit the board in 19 of 28 starts, including a third in the $225,000 Berry's Creek at the Meadowlands. Bono Bests is owned by Thomas Grossman of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire; Stephen Demeter of Tarrytown, New York; and Herbert Burns III of Wallkill, New York.

$35,000 Aquarius: Leg 2 The Meadowlands, Saturday, February 17, 2007
PP Horse                    Driver
1 Mister Big                B Sears
5 Tuffofthetoughest      G Brennan
6 Royal Man                R Pierce
3 Predator DVM          Y Gingras
2 AB's Beach Boy        D Dube
4 Texas Shootout        D Miller
27.3      56.1      1:24.4      1:52
The Skinny: Mister Big held off the tenacious Tuffofthetoughest for a three-quarter length win in 1:52. Royal Man rallied off a third-over trip to finish third.

Driven by Brian Sears, Mister Big notched his fourth win in six starts this year. Last month, he captured a preliminary leg and the final of the Willowdale Series at Woodbine. Virgil Morgan Jr. trains the son of Grinfromeartoear for Joe Muscara of Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania.

Mister Big was the runner-up in the $610,000 Breeders Crown Three-Year-Old Colt Pace last fall at Woodbine.