Despite earlier thunderstorms that left the racetrack "sloppy" with a two-second allowance, the young trotters competing in the third and final leg of the Future Stars Series at the Hippodrome 3R plowed forward.
Hippodrome 3R featured a 15-race program on Friday (Aug. 12) with seven divisions of the second round of the Future Stars Series for two-year-old trotters and pacers. And it was a day for the longshots to come in.
One of two in the race for trainer Chris Lancaster, Canadian Pharoh managed to hold off a furious charge from her stablemate and odds-on choice Portrstownchris IR to win the $10,500 featured pace at Century Mile on Saturday (Jan. 22).
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