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    • Ranson H. (CT) — Attractive Ride, trainer Hugh McMahon, owner Matthew T. Groff

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At Charles Town, favored Attractive Ride was hard sent from the gate by rider J.D. Acosta, had a head in front after a quarter mile, and took control from there en route to a two-length win in the $35,000 Ranson Handicap.  Golden Set edged Lightly Wound for the place.  It was the 17th win of Attractive Ride’s career and pushed the Candy Ride gelding’s earnings to nearly $375,000…

It was also the second win of the evening for rider J.D. Acosta, who leads the Charles Town colony with 22 wins from 84 starts.  Jockeys Jose Montano and T.D. Houghton also won two each on the evening…

It was a big evening for trainer Ronney Brown, who won three races.  He took the fifth, a maiden special weight for state-breds, with Smart Fleet Diva (4-1); an allowance in the seventh with Euro Indian Girl (2-1); and the ninth, a claiming race, with Can’t Run a Jump (4.70-1).  Brown leads the track by wins, with 17, three more than Jeff Runco, and is second by earnings with $241,910, about $64,000 behind Runco…

Two trainers hit two-baggers at Parx Racing on Tuesday’s card.  Scott Lake took a pair of claiming events, the sixth with I’m Sure (3.10-1) and the seventh with Runnin Bull (4-1).  Meanwhile, John Tammaro, III also took two, also winning two claiming events, in the second with Louisa Girl (1.90-1) and the ninth with Bluegrass Demon (4.70-1).  Jacqueline Davis had both mounts for Tammaro.  For Tammaro, those were his first two wins of the year at Parx; he now has three wins overall…

Despite running very greenly through the lane, Alex Inc, a three year-old Pennsylvania-bred son of Afleet Alex sent off at 1-9. obliterated a field of first-level allowance horses by more than 11 lengths.  He went directly to the lead under rider Frankie Pennington, maintained the edge for three-quarters of a mile, and then drew clear easily despite swerving in and out.  Running time for the two-turn mile was a zippy 1:35.41…

(Featured image by Jim McCue, Maryland Jockey Club.)