Harry G's third-quarter scramble to the front secured him a second straight N/W$50000L victory in The Raceway at Western Fair's Tuesday, Mar. 9 feature pace.
Reinsman Doug McNair dropped the four-year-old into the three-hole through the first turn. They chased pacesetter Spectrum Seelster (Travis Cullen) and pocket-sitter Ozzie Young (Scott Coulter) through the opening fractions of 28 and 58. Harry G then rolled out of third turning for the second trip to the backstretch and stepped past Spectrum Seelster, who provided mild resistance.
He set a 1:27.1 third quarter and opened up a three-length gap in the stretch. Livin Large (Tyler Borth), who was previously on Harry G's cover, offered a belated rally, but Harry G found the line in time to win by a length in 1:56.3. Livin Large was second, and Ozzie Young took show money.
Harry G's win sees him improve to 11-for-30 lifetime and his bankroll top $50,000. Christina Gillis owns the Mike Saftic-trained son of Rollwithitharry.
The Raceway continues its racing action on Wednesday, Mar. 10 with 10 more races beginning at 6:30 p.m. EST.
Also on the card, trainer Tracy Procop broke a five-year-long, 77-race dry streak. Fine Credit, a three-year-old pacing gelding by Up The Credit (Scott Coulter) won for Procop on his debut in the seventh race with a three-wide move. The horse is owned by Heather and Leticia Sawyer of Grand Bend, and Kenneth Albrecht of Milverton.
Procop's last trip to the winner's circle came on Jan. 27, 2016, when Fightyourobsession won for her at The Raceway at Western Fair.
Fellow conditioner John Yake also secured his first victory of the season, winning the ninth race with Super T (Louis-Philippe Roy). Yake was six-for-122 in 2020. Leslie Joyce also joined the maiden-breaking bandwagon, winning her first race of 2021 with Misstwinklinsjones (Scott Young) in the fourth. Joyce won eight races from 49 starts last season.
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by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink