Open Pace highlights Cal Expo card

Dancin Lance and Major Attribute, who both have wins at the head of the class at this meet, figure to get much of the attention in Friday night’s featured Open Pace at Cal Expo.

Watch and Wager LLC has carded 11 races Friday evening with first post set for 6:20 p.m.

Dancin Lance was an extremely impressive winner of the Jan. 12 Open after falling far back due to an early break but had to settle for fourth in last week’s contest at 70 cents on the dollar. Leon Smith trains the Juan Pacheco-owned gelding and James Kennedy will once again handle the lines from the outside post in the field of six. Dancin Lance has nearly $135,000 in his bank account and a 1:50.3 mark that was set last year at Hoosier Park.

Major Attribute accounted for the Open on Dec. 18 while coming from well back with a :27 final quarter. He has a third and a sixth-place finish in the interim. Major Attribute is one of two Luke Plano trainees in the cast and will have Brad Irvine in the sulky, while Plano will handle Bombay Hanover.

Northbrook Ron upset this group at 32-1 last week, but is not in Friday’s cast with Ragged But Right representing the Nathalie Tremblay barn here on the step up in class with Chip Lackey guiding.

Completing the field are the hard-hitting A Major Omen for Gerry Longo and last week’s pacesetter Keystone Tenacious.