Prairie Westerngal, a bridesmaid in her most recent pair of races at Pompano Park, reached the altar on Tuesday (Dec. 22) by scoring a sharp win in the $11,000 Mares Open Handicap Pace for Wally Hennessey in 1:53.
The four-year-old daughter of Western Ideal, sprinted off the wings into a quick early lead before yielding to Crisp Mane and remained in the garden spot most of the way. In the lane, she found a seam along the pylons to score by a length over Crisp Mane after the latter sliced through panels of :27, :56 and 1:23.4 along the way.
Image Of A Dream rallied for third while Ask Me Ifi Care, sporting a two-race win streak coming in, finished fourth unable to overcome the outside post.