Tuesday October 13 Recap

October 14, 2026

Rusty Beach is like a Swiss Army Knife, he can do it all. He can come from off the pace or do it on the front end; this afternoon it was the latter. Starting from post 5, he wrestled the lead from Smokin Hot Dude past the opening panel of 28 and continued to cut the mile via splits of 57.4 & 1:26.4. At this point Kourageous Key mounted a bold 3 deep move in the paddock turn on the leader. Rusty Beach had 2 lengths on the pack turning for home and that was his winning margin in 1:55.3 – $3.36, Smokin Hot Dude (K. Dibenetto) was second followed by Scribblers (B. Aldrich). It was 11th seasonal win for the 6-year-old gelded son of Betting Line for trainer Richard Dunn, the duo of Richard Dunn & Tommy Merton also scored with Sweet Parlay in the opener in 1:55.3 – $5.35, which is a seasonal mark for the son of Sweet Lou.

Sauvignon Bluechip (K. Dibenedetto) won in 1:56.3 – $14.70 for trainer David Dziengiel for his fifth win on the year. Kyle Dibenedetto & Greg Merton each enjoyed a driving triple while Tommy Merton had a double.