Bordogna takes on strong field in Aces opening feature
At 0h26, on May 16, 2021 • By RUNNING ACES
Bordogna makes his Running Aces return in the feature race on opening night, Sunday (May 16). The 5-year-old Trixton stallion will take on five rivals in the $11,000 Open Handicap Trot which anchors the opening night card in race six on the program.
It is a much anticipated return for Bordogna, as he will be making his first Aces appearance since a late-season injury last year that left him blind in one eye and sidelined him from the races.
Bordogna won seven of 10 races last year, set a Running Aces track record, and a Wisconsin state record, while earning $23,940. Justin Anfinson is the trainer for owners Cathy Dessert and Ken Stauffer, and the team is confident that “Bo” is more than ready for his return to Aces to take on the best trotters around. He picked up two wins at the Cannon Falls fair track earlier this month to start his 2021 campaign and looked very sharp in doing so.
Bordogna, with regular pilot Rick Magee, drew post one in the six horses affair on Sunday and is 5-1 on the morning line. He faces the fastest trotter to ever circle the Minnesota oval, Pridecrest (Mooney Svendsen), who is 7-2 on the morning line and Mandeville, who won his last three at Cal Expo and is the 5-2 choice with defending Aces champion driver Nick Roland at the controls.
The featured field also includes more familiar names like Hearduwhispermynam (Adam Hauser, 6-1) and Winning Lyric (Dean Magee, 9-2) who is back from the east coast. The field also includes Aces newcomer All American N (Luke Plano, 3-1) who ships in from The Meadowlands.
The live racing schedule at Running Aces also looks a bit different this season, with action now offered every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday night at 7:05 p.m.
