Goombada Guska draws off in stretch to win $100,000 Charles J. Hesse at Monmouth Park
By APSaturday, September 18, 2010
Goombada Guska wins Monmouth Park feature
OCEANPORT, N.J. — Goombada Guska drew off in the stretch to win the $100,000 Charles J. Hesse III Handicap at Monmouth Park on Saturday, beating Hermosillo by 4¼ lengths.
Ridden by Joe Bravo and trained by Scott Volk, the 3-year-old colt covered 1 1-16 miles over a fast track in 1:44 1-5 and paid $10.20, $5.20 and $3.40. It was the third win in 13 career starts for Goombada Guska, who has earned $165,650.
Hermosillo, who won the race last year, returned $6 and $5, while Bythebeautifulsea was another 2½ lengths back in third and paid $6.40.
In the co-feature, Emily Allstar held off Way With Words by a head in the $100,000 Jersey Girl Handicap.
Trained by Paul Kopaj and ridden by Omar Figueroa, the 5-year-old mare covered 1 1-16 miles over a fast track in 1:44 3-5 and paid $12.80, $4.80 and $3.40.
