At the Post: The professor makes every call a winning one

Professor Palmer made every call a winning one to take Saturday’s featured race, completing about a mile and seventy yards in 1:43 4/5 over a firm turf course.Trained by William Sienkewicz and ridden by Dyn Panell, the 6-year-old gelded son of Mr. Livingston broke sharply and opened up an open lead. He rolled on the front end and had enough left to hold off a late rally from Smarter Still and Perfect Joiski to earn his second consecutive victory by 13/4 lengths.Professor Palmer returned $10.80, 6.20 and 3.60. Smarter Still paid $7.40 and 4.80 while Perfect Joiski returned $2.40.uWednesday at Suffolk Downs, Heza Fox delivered as the favorite in the day’s featured allowance race to win by seven lengths over five rivals and complete five and a half furlongs in 1:05.35.Trained by Kevin McCarthy who boasts a remarkable 100 percent in the money statistic from 24 local starters, the 5-year-old gelded son of Political Whit was expertly piloted by Taylor Hole. He rated off the front-runners before rallying sharply to seize command at the top of the stretch and draw off comfortably.Heza Fox returned $3.40, 2.20 and 2.10. My Two Great Kids paid $2.80 and 2.60 while Trip Six returned $4.20.uToday at Suffolk Downs, Massachusetts-bred fillies and mares will take center stage in the $25,000 First Episode Stakes.The mile and seventy yard contest has drawn a field of six, including Dreamed a Dream, the defending champion.Installed as the morning line favorite at 8/5 is Doublicious, a 4-year-old daughter of Double Honor trained by Alison Hassig. She has won two of her three lifetime starts, both against restricted stakes company, and exits an romp in the Isadorable Stakes.She will break from the inside post under jockey David Amiss and will be stretching out to two turns for the first time.Dreamed a Dream, winner of the 2013 edition of the First Episode, is 5-1 on the morning line for Robert Raymond. The five-year-old daughter of Agnes Gold (JPN) was bred by Raymond and is owned by his wife, Kathy. Dreamed a Dream is a four-time local stakes winner but has gone winless since the First Episode Stakes last August. She was eighth in the Last Dance Stakes in her most recent start against male rivals.The First Episode is the fourth race of the nine-race card on Saturday. Post time is 12:45 p.m.Material for this column was gathered from wires services and racing sources.