Balmoral Park Racetrack

 

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1. The essence of our being is love.

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Hey,

This weather is freaking crazy! Thank god that Spring is almost here!!! That reminds me, Saturday, March 21st, 2009 I am having a party at Hell's Kitchen. This party is a hiphop bash with 5 great performances (Nasty Left, Kalen W/ special guests! , ill G Sek,evergreen One w/ Todd Sykes, 10th & commerce) from the puget sound, that all know how to lay it down. Along with the music, Jager & Monster promo teams will be giving away free stuff. Dollsquad Gogo dancers & models will also be there. So remember not this coming Saturday but the following one, Hell's Kitchen will be the place to be. $5 / 8PM / 21+

Hope you can make it, it's gonna be sick.

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Hi Balmoral! I hope your meet is off to a great start!
Sure would love to bring my boy out for Dog Nite but we're in Oklahoma!
Anyways, he'd probably just pee on the Clubhouse floor haaha
Take care for now Balmoral!

Thanks for the request Balmoral!

When I lived in Chicago you were my favorite track to play the buggies on!
I remember you when you just a little bitsy 5/8's mile oval. I remember Rambing Willie when he stopped by. And boy, Philip Milburn had a couple of fantastic seasons there for someone with a small stable. The sunday afternnons during the fall meet were always a great time too!

My how you've grown! And the track times..my goodness they're fast!

I'll see you again next time I visit Chicagoland! In the meantime I still get to see you here in Oklahoma City at Remington Park!

heyy my grandpa works here... lol

Open Pacers command Friday spotlight



Art N Soul, a 10-time winner last season and victorious in three of his seven starts this year, takes on the likes of Keystone Eli and The Pand Illusion in Friday night's featured $8,000 Open Handicap Pace.


Art N Soul is a 4-year-old son of Artscape and the Direct Scooter mare Motivation who is owned and trained by Nate Kemp and as usual will have Mooney Svendsen in the bike. He comes into this contest having set a new career standard of 1:51 4/5 in his most recent appearance at this top level.


Off at nearly 6-1 in that March 29 affair, Art N Soul was last of the half-dozen as the field reached the final bend in some snappy fractions. Svendsen wheeled him out at that point, he took aim on the leaders once straightened for home and won going away by a length and a half, coming his last quarter in a snappy :26 3/5 while shaving two ticks off his previous mark.


Keystone Eli has been on or near the top of the class for the last couple of seasons for owner Hei Mitchell and trainer Bob Johnson and will once again have the services of Ed Hensley for Friday's get-together. This guy has $132,000 in the bank and a 1:51 lifetime-best mile, which was recorded over this track last season.


The 5-year-old son of Shady Character was 9-for-35 last year and has a win and two runner-up finishes from his eight trips to the post in 2008. The victory came on March 22, when he came with cover to the drive and dug in gamely to hang a head on The Pand Illusion. He raced well in that last outing, but could not match the winner in the late stages.


The Pand Illusion has been waiting since late March to make amends for his fifth-place finish as the 1-2 choice. Rick Plano drives and trains for his wife Maryann and this 6-year-old has four snapshots on the year, including a career-best 1:51 2/5 romp on March 15. He could easily come back with a win at what should be a much better price here.


Wilder Echo is back to

Three year-old colts and geldings, on both the pace and trot, were featured in $15,000 California Sires Stakes, on which the fans had it right.

On the pacing side, Star Time Kid and trainer Rick Plano would advance one spot out of the gate from post-position three in the field of six, but they wouldn't sit for too long.

"He's not a good front-end horse," said Plano. "But since it was a short six horse field and the pace was slow, I decided to move to the front because sometimes you have to give them the best chance to win."

On the move to the quarter-mile pole into a :28.3 first quarter, Star Time Kid would clear to the lead just after 7-16ths of a mile where Plano would immediately pop the earplugs of his charge.

"I just wanted to keep him rolling because he can struggle in the final-turn. Once he's out of the final-turn, then he'll pace on."

Reaching the half-mile station, timed in :57.3, Star Time Kid would trip the beam at the three-quarter mile station, timed in 1:26.4.

"I was pretty confident at the three-quarters that I'd win as long as kept to the task as I knew he'd pick it up after we turned for home."

Opening up the lead into the stretch, then opening up a little more when urged with an eighth of a mile to go, Star Time Kid would now have to deal with his stable-mate Themaninthewindow (Luke Plano), who was flying at mid-stretch.

"My horse had quite a few lengths on them and I figured somebody would have to come pretty strong to catch him at that point. I did see my other horse coming and you are always concerned when you see someone coming, but I knew the wire was coming up."

Holding on to win ($3.20) by a dwindling neck, was Star Time Kid saved by the wire?

"I know Themaninthewindow was getting to me, but I don't think my horse really likes the front. Additionally, he's a green horse, plus I don't think he heard the other horse coming.

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