Trio of Sire Stakes on Sunday Cal Expo card
At 0h04, on February 20, 2022 • By CAL EXPO
A $20,000 California Sire Stakes for the 4-year-old male pacers featuring Chase The Gold and Alilthundadownunda; a pair of $7,500 Sire Stakes for the 3-year-old pacing colts and 3-year-old pacing fillies and a $6,500 Distaff Open Pace headed by Rockin With Lou share the spotlight Sunday evening (Feb. 20) at Cal Expo.
Chase The Gold comes into this weekend’s assignment riding a seven-race winning streak for owner QKS Racing and trainer Quentin Schneider and he will be piloted by James Kennedy. Among his conquests at this meet are the Donald Arnstine and Steve Wiseman finals, setting his 1:52.4 mark in the latter; and a decision in the first Sire Stakes clash of the season three weeks ago.
Alilthundadownunda will be looking for some revenge after being beaten only a half-length in the latter contest while making his first start since coming in from Minnesota for Set The Pace Racing and driver/trainer Nick Roland. Since that near-miss, he has captured a conditioned affair and should be much tighter for his second clash with Chase The Gold.
Completing that field are Believe In Dragons, SD Watch Me Now, Im A Magic Man and Arnie’s Army.
