Buck I St Pat, sent off at
odds of 1-9, came first over at the top of
the stretch and seemed in perfect striking
position to defeat four other trotters.
Roger Hammer�s Vivid Photo, who had wins
here in �06 and �07 in a similar race, cut
the first three fractions in :28.3, 1:00.1
and 1:29.3 over a sloppy track on a cool,
damp afternoon.
Buck I St Pat, with Tim
Tetrick, the country�s top driver by purse
earnings aboard, eased past Hammer�s tiring
trotter with three-sixteenths left. Lolique,
quietly trotting behind Buck I with a cover
trip, surged past the six-year-old mare in
deep stretch and crossed in 1:56 4/5.
Lolique, co-owned by Dr. Scott Woogen of Mechanicsville, VA, won for the fourth time in his last six starts. The 6-year-old Tagliabue gelding pushed his �09 bankroll over the $260,000 mark with his twelfth win of the year and 27th lifetime triumph.
Buck I St Pat did get second while Man About Town took third. Vivid Photo hung on for fourth and R U Watching was fifth.