Ought To Burn Recovers To Earn Horse Of The Meeting At Playfair

Ought To Burn, a 5-year-old gelding with a nearly ruined foot that was claimed for $2,500 in June, has been named Horse of the Meeting for the 1995 Spokane horse racing season that ended Monday at Playfair Race Course.

Owned by William Cheff, a millwright from Charlo, Mont., and trained by the owner’s father, Ken, Ought To Burn and 2-year-old champion Red Silver Hope were the only horses to win a pair of postseason honors in voting by track officials and journalists.

Ought To Burn was a unanimous pick in balloting for best handicap horse. Red Silver Hope was a clearcut winner among juvenile fillies and she outpolled four others to reign as top filly.

Frost Go The Peach, the lone horse to win six races, was the only other unanimous choice, gaining all the votes for champion claiming horse.

Super Ciel, winner of the Spokane Derby, and the fast filly G J’s Playgirl were near-unanimous winners in voting for 3-year-olds.

Invest In Festin, winner of the Juvenile His Stakes, was honored as the top 2-year-old colt or gelding.

Che Meza, owned and trained by Fred Davis of Spokane, won his second straight sprint title. Che Meza edged Halo Passer by one vote.