You could say Areyouinorout is “bloody” good.
Areyouinorout, despite suffering a cut not long before
the race, extended his lifetime winning streak to five
in capturing the $30,000 Sandown Plate final last
Saturday at Fraser Downs.
The son of Camluck, again piloted by Bill Davis, came
from off the pace to win the event for three-year-old
colts or geldings by two lengths, equaling his lifetime
mark of 1:55.4 in the process.
Davis explained in the winner’s enclosure, while
agreeing the colt was again sharp, that the colt had cut
himself.
“Al (trainer and co-owner Al Anderson) was warming him
up (as is done in standardbred circles on one or two
occasions prior to race time) and he (the horse) jumped
a shadow (kicking himself). They patched him up and he
raced fine.”
Davis and Areyouinorout, the 1-2 favorite, did not
hustle away from the gate and were next to last, 13
lengths at the quarter. By the half they were fifth
outside (3¼ back) and down the backstretch they
continued the big move (covering the middle half in
55.3). At the three-quarter mark they led by two lengths
and came home in 30.4 seconds.
“He was a little tired coming home,” said Rick Mowles (J
J J Stables, co-owner with Anderson). “The cut probably
did affect him.”
Solar Wind (Usher Hanover), part of a 2-1 second-choice
entry, finished second after being third most of the
way, while Silk Puddles (Dancing Puddles) was third,
another quarter length back, despite making a break in
the stretch.
“He’s racing really well from off the pace,” Mowles
said. “Ed Hensley drove him down in California and said
this was a good horse to come from the back so we’re
racing him that way.”
The win was the fifth win in as many starts this year
for Areyouinorout and bumped his earnings to more than
$24,000. Unraced as a two-year-old, his first three
victories came at Cal-Expo in Sacramento, Ca. and he won
a Plate elimination on March 18.
“He’s back in California (Anderson’s residence)
already,” Mowles said Sunday. “There’s nothing he fits
here (B.C.). He may go to Edmonton in May, there’s some
stakes he fits there (including the Western Canada
Pacing Derby).
Areyouinorout was bred by Seelster Farms of Lucan, Ont.,
who sold him as Optimum Seelster for $10,000 at the
Forest City Sale in London, Ont.
