Wednesday May 20 Recap

May 20, 2026

The cards featured race was the $9,000 Open Trot with 8 starters, the 3 mares in the race finished 1-2-3, the winner of last week’s Open DC Anna (B. Aldrich Jr.) used the same blueprint as last week and went out and wired the field in a 3 length victory in 1:57.3 – $2.74, Makin Magic Tonight (R. Silvestri II) was second, with Andover Contessa garnering the show position. DC Anna is trained and partially owned by driver Brue Aldrich Jr. – it was her sixth seasonal win

Also on tap were 2 splits of the NAADA series, each worth $8,500 Woodside Genius took the first heat in 1:59.1 – $18.74 with Joe Lee in the bike for trainer Gary Messenger. Tony Ciuffetelli reeled in My Secret Ability (J. Lee) at the wire to score aboard Reel Em In in 1:59.4, the winner is trained by Scott Jenson.

The rugged Cinnamon Stick – $4.42 (M. Merton) flashed early speed to get the win for trainer Laura Perino and longtime owner Michael Mulligan for his second win of the year. Majestic Kiwi N (R. Silvestri III) made it 2 in a row after his 1:57.4 – $6.24 for trainer Paul Blumenfeld.

Bob Lounsbury continues his march to career win #2000, with the win this afternoon with Meltdown Monte (J. Taggart Jr.) 1:56 – $3.66, he needs just 5 wins for the milestone.

Leading Driver Mike Merton reeled off the 3 consecutive winners late in the card, Jim Taggart Jr. nailed a double, and trainer Scott Jensen upped his UDRS with 2 training wins on the 11 race card.