On what was likely the most power-packed race card of the year thus far in the harness game, Majorca N, Seriously Hanover and Nicholas Beach all brought their “A”-games on the way to jaunts down victory lane Saturday night (Feb. 11) at The Meadowlands.
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On the heels of a seasonal best 1:50.1 score last week, Richard and Joanne Young s Best In Show ($11.40) swept from last for a 1:49.4 win in one of Sunday s (July 4) co-featured $13,000 paces at Harrah s Philadelphia.
The 5-year-old Bettors Delight entire sat patiently off the pace while 8-5 favourite Fortify set stern middle fractions of :54 and 1:21.1. But the pace took its toll, and Best In Show vaulted off the live three-wide cover of runner-up Seriously Hanover to win by a widening 2 1/2 lengths. Fortify was a beaten third.
Pat Berry drove Best In Show, who has earned $632,247 in his career, to his eighth career win for trainer Linda Toscano.
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