Jitters Bettor on a roll for Hamilton

The sharp Jitters Bettor (Betterthancheddar) has provided harness racing trainer/driver Alvin Hamilton all four of his wins so far this season.

The four-year-old mare scored again on Monday (Jun. 13) at Grand River Raceway for her second straight win.

Hamilton instructed the mare to make a brazen dash to the lead from post seven and got her there with a two-wide charge through the :28.2 first quarter. She strolled to the half in :58.4 before Lyons Believer (Anthony Haughan) kicked off a first-up bid on the third turn.

Jitters Bettor supplied more speed to three-quarters in 1:28.1 and put Lyons Believer in the pocket as they turned for home. Hamilton’s mare bent but refused to break in the stretch, getting to the line a half-length clear under frantic urging in 1:58.

Lyons Believer was second. In This Together (Tyler Moore) held off Dustins Girl (Scott Coulter) for show.

JITTERS BETTOR REPLAY

Jitters Bettor has earned $19,030 in nine career starts, seven of which have been in 2022. Hamilton, who has been driving for more than four decades, has driven the mare exclusively this season. He has two other starts as a trainer this year – both third-place finishes in the Pop-Up Series at Woodbine Mohawk Park – with American Blizz K. The horseman has more than 5,000 career starts and 709 total wins with $2,030,978 in earnings.

Also on the card, Battle of the Belles showgetter Warrawee Xpat (Sportswriter) won for the first time this season in a career-best 1:55. The Gabriella Sasso-trained three-year-old went coast-to-coast in a conditioned event with Brett MacDonald aboard. She won two Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots events at two and was second in such a contest to Raptors Won at London on May 27.

WARRAWEE XPAT REPLAY

The gate will be in motion next at Grand River Raceway on Wednesday, Jun. 15 at 6:30 p.m. EDT.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink