Evangeline Downs · Thursday, July 10, 2025 · Race 2 of 8

Claiming

turf, sloppyOne MilePurse $15,0005 ranPost 2025-07-10 18:00:00Final time 1:40.49Pool $21,491

Good for all except 10

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/23/4stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
11El Mero Mero
slwd pace,qkn clr late
Efigenio Ruiz211111—4.0053B
E1 94 · LP 102
25Toni's Inferno
even effort,gained 2nd
Carlos Hernandez3343327¼2.7049B
E1 90 · LP 98
38Summertime Peppers
prssd2w,bid1/4,wknd
Timothy Thornton1222237¼2.6063B
E1 92 · LP 96
43First Class Harlow
sttld,bid3/8,flattened
J. Ramirez455544131.5067B
E1 87 · LP 94
510Rayden and Remi
trkd3w,bid5/16,evenly
Thomas Pompell54345514½12.8039B
E1 90 · LP 93

How the race unfolded (position at each call; hover a line to follow one runner)

12345start1/41/23/4stretchfinish5Toni's Inferno8Summertime Peppers3First Class Harlow10Rayden and Remi1El Mero Mero

Fractional times

Call 124.12
Call 249.23
Call 31:15.13
Call 41:27.34
Final1:40.49

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
daily double ($1)9-1$9.30$8,149
exacta ($1)1-5$22.50$13,777
superfecta ($0.10)1-5-8-3$12.56$5,924
trifecta ($0.50)1-5-8$26.65$8,779

Chart notes

EL MERO MERO took command early and dictated the pace while getting some pressure early from SUMMERTIME PEPPERS, was able to keep that one at bay to the far turn, then quickened approaching the quarter pole, opened up and outsprinted the rest to the finish line. TONI'S INFERNO settled in the middle of the compact field early, kept to task in an even pace and outlasted the rest of the field to claim the place. SUMMERTIME PEPPERS settled two deep always on the flank of EL MERO MERO but let that rival dictate slow early fractions, quickened in tandem with that foe approaching the quarter pole but was outkicked from upper stretch, weakened in the final furlong, and was passed late for second. FIRST CLASS HARLOW came under coaxing from the start, dropped over to the rail before the first turn, raced in last but not far off the pace, launched a bit from the three-furlong pole, then swung three wide into the stretch and flattened out. RAYDEN AND REMI bore out at the start, then tracked three wide, tried to launch a bid from the five-sixteenths but did not respond, and finished even-paced the rest of the way.