A $6,100 Open Trot is the feature race at Cal-Expo on Friday night (April 30) with Easter Call and Putoneonnetformom figuring to get the majority of the tote action.
 
Easter Call is a 9-year-old son of Call Toll Free who is owned and trained by Mark Anderson and will have Jim Lackey at the controls.  He comes into this assignment with $164,000 in his account and a 1:55.4 mark that was established over this track last season.
 
The veteran trotter clicked in eight of his 35 trips to the post in 2009 and has four snapshots from 11 appearances this year.  The most recent tally came in an optional seller in the slop on March 13, where he did the track and attack to perfection for Lackey and was up by a neck as the favorite.
 
Easter Call posted a pair of romping qualifying victories following that score, then was sent off the 1-2 choice in the last Open Trot on April 16.  Leaving from the assigned outside post that night, he carved out all the fractions for Steve Wiseman, but could not hold off the pocket-sitting Putoneonnetformom and had to settle for the second place check.
 
Putoneonnetformom is a homebred son of Trot for Joy who carries the banner of Jeff, Gerald and Diana Cimini and is trained and driven by Rocky Stidham.  He has prevailed in five of his eight outings this season and is seeking the hat trick in Friday’s main event.
 
The dark-hued performer handled a conditioned crew on April 10, tracking from the two hole and surging right on the money in a career-best 1:58 tour.  He then did an encore when stepped up to this Open level for his last appearance two weeks, as he really turned it on in the final stages to draw away by 2-1/4-lengths
 
Rounding out the field are Jam N Jelly with Luke Plano; Ailene’s Prince and Steve Wiseman; Phipps with Tim Maier; and Twice The Ruckus, who has the services of James Kennedy.  A 15-race card is on tap, with the Open Trot set as the second on the program.