HMDC and partners will have three chances to add to their bankroll this week. Right out of the gate is Lust for Life who will go to post in Tuesday’s eighth race at Mahoning Valley. Once again, trainer Mike Rone will opt for the added Ohio money by taking on open company, a will 4 of the 9 starters who are Ohio-breds. Lust for Life , a 4-year-old gelded son of Cowtown Cat out of Love Spun by Hard Spun will be turning back to 5 ½ furlongs in this allowance race that holds a $2

Megan Cooling FORTHELOVEOFBONNIE The 3rd race at Mahoning Valley on Monday didn’t really happen, at least on the books. What DID happen was a rare gate malfunction where several starters in the full field of 12 got as light head start over their rivals. While the race was declared a “no contest” as far as wagering was concerned, it was still a contest on the track. Our HMDC hopeful, Forloveofbonnie seemed to spook at the haphazard flight from the gate and broke so outward fro

COUNTESS COLETTE The racing stable will have two runners heading to post on Thursday the 13th, as Countess Colette and Lust for Life will see action. HMDC’s 4-year-old Countess Colette will take on a full field of Accredited fillies and mares in the $75,000 Leona’s Reward at Mahoning Valley. Carded as the 7th race with a 3:03 post time, the race is contested at 1 mile 70 yards– a distance Countess Colette has run only once, resulting in a second-place finish in last season’s

DR. SPIRITO With first-time starters, there’s not a whole lot to rely on in the Daily Racing Form other than a series of workouts. For a 2-year-old gelding named Dr. Spirito, who will race in Mahoning Valley’s 5th race on Wednesday, you need a pedigree page to get your information. The gray Mapleton-bred has plenty of speed coursing through his veins. A son of leading Ohio stallion Dominus out of Love Spun by Hard Spun, Dr. Spirito is a half-brother to the Multiple Graded S

An outside post position and forced lane changing late in the lane may have cost the top spot for Spun in Dominus as our juvenile filly settled for a game second place in the $75,000 Emerald Necklace Stakes for Accredited-breds on October 9. The HMDC, Taste of Victory and TBC Racing’s miss came within a length of the winner at the wire. SPUN IN DOMINUS