Shark Week devours sixth straight field

Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) again proved himself to be the top of the harness racing food chain with a sixth consecutive top-class victory on Saturday (Dec. 10) at Century Mile.

Driver Michael Hennessy procured the win in the four-year-old stallion’s typical front-stepping fashion. He cut the mile – fractions of :28.2, :56, 1:24, and 1:52.4 – while under pressure from Icy Blue Scooter (Nathan Sobey) from the three-eighths on. Shark Week put that rival away in the stretch and scored by a length-and-a-quarter. Samba Beat (Phil Giesbrecht) rallied for second, passing pocket-sitter Munchie Chris (David Kelly) in the final strides.

SHARK WEEK REPLAY

Shark Week is a 20-time winner in 50 starts for owners Lorne Duffield and Rodney Hennessy. The latter has trained the horse to $199,485 in earnings.

Century Mile continues racing on Friday, Dec. 16.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink