$100,000 Paul Revere Pace at Plainridge Park Thursday
At 0h49, on May 4, 2023 • By PLAINRIDGE
The second edition of the $100,000 Paul Revere Pace for 3-year-olds will go postward in two six-horse divisions at Plainridge Park on Thursday afternoon (May 4) and many of the entrants will be making their initial appearance on the track this year.
The first group will go as race three and it appears to be a very even field.
Thunder Hunter Joe (Huntsville-Thunder Angel) was solid in the New York Sire Stakes last year, registering three consecutive second place finishes before getting beaten only four lengths in the final where he was race timed in 1:51.1, his fastest outing last year. Since qualifying back, Thunder Hunter Joe won a gate-to-wire outing at Yonkers in his first start in a lifetime best 1:53.2. Tyler Buter will drive Thunder Hunter Joe from post six for trainer Nicholas Devita.
The second division goes postward as race five and has a couple of heavy hitters ready to square off.
Goldin Greatness (Huntsville-Bet On Hill) had a full slate of stakes all over North America at two, but really showed his speed potential in his last two starts of the season in the Kindergarten series at The Meadowlands. He finished second in 1:53.4 with a :25.4 last quarter and then third in 1:49.4 with a :26.2 final frame. This year he qualified back, finishing second while pacing in 1:50.1 at The Meadowlands before winning his first start of the year at The Big M in 1:52, coming home in :26.3 to post a new lifetime mark. Trainer Chris Ryder has regular reinsman Dexter Dunn lined up for this test, starting from post five.
The stake record for the Paul Revere Pace was set by Groovy Man and Yannick Gingras last year when they toured the facility at Plainridge Park in 1:52.1 on a cool April afternoon.
Post time for the first race Thursday is 4 p.m.
