Trotter Los Ballykeelamigo and pacing mare Manhattan Night shared the spotlight on Friday night (Nov. 26), winning a pair of co-featured Preferred 3 events at The Raceway at Western Fair District.
Herbie Sizzling Hot At The Raceway | Standardbred Canada standardbredcanada.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from standardbredcanada.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Irish Thunder ($11.50) endured a gruelling first-over journey and ground down a game Willyorwonthe to capture Wednesday night s (Dec. 9) featured $8,500 Preferred 3 Trot at The Raceway at the Western Fair District.
Irish Thunder landed in third after being outsprinted by Willyorwonthe (Daryl Thiessen) and Nebraska Jack (Tyler Borth), who travelled one-two through a sharp :28.2 first quarter. With five-eighths to go, Austin Sorrie angled the nine-year-old son of Angus Hall off the pegs to begin his first-over ascent, and the pair forced middle splits of :59.2 and 1:29.1 from Willyorwonthe.
The pace slowed significantly through the final turn and into the stretch, but Irish Thunder dug in stoutly to not only maintain his ground, but to reel the longtime pacesetter in by a neck in 2:01.1. Odds-on favourite Lefkada (Scott Wray), who launched a three-wide bid from third-over with five-sixteenths to go, rallied to finish third, missing by only a half length.