Harness Round-up

By Nathan Bain

Records were made to be broken and this past Sunday, September 19 at Leamington Raceway, some exciting milestones were achieved.

This 10-race card was full of competitive races and talented athletes providing non-stop excitement for the fans.

Once again, the total handle exceeded $41,000 from both fans on track and online wagering sites, showing that this small-town track can punch above its weight.

The first milestone of the day came in Race 4 with the winner (#5) Mister X, who captured his 50th lifetime win. Mister X made the front at the start and didn’t look back once, dominating the field. The 10-year-old son of Mister Big is owned by Blue Shoe Investments, trained by Tyler Nostadt and was driven by Tyler Borth, the track’s 2nd leading driver.

The second milestone came in Race 8, the featured event of the day, and this was by far the best looking race of the card.

The favourite, Sports Icon, made the lead and put up blistering fractions the entire way to win the race and even fought off a late push from Dreaming Out Loud, with a time of 1:56.2. That mile was a track record for aged pacing mares at Leamington Raceway, breaking a fairly recent record