Stash It Away wires hard-fought Walter Dale Memorial

Stash It Away (Pang Shui) past Atlantic Breeders Crown harness racing champion, went wire-to-wire in the Walter Dale Memorial at Woodstock Raceway on Friday (Jul. 28).

The gelding, driven by Mark Haig, left quickest and grabbed the lead in a :28.4 first panel. He then rose to the challenge of Pick A Genre (Michael Downey) nearing the half in :57.1.

Pick A Genre sustained his attack to three-quarters in 1:26.2, and the pair battled into the stretch. Pick A Genre hit his wall at the eighth pole, and Stash It Away produced all he had left and held off a final rush from Mantario (Chris Davies) to win it in 1:55.

Mantario got up for second and missed by three-quarters-of-a-length. Pick A Genre was third.

STASH IT AWAY REPLAY

Stash It Away has 17 career wins and $129,398 in her coffers from 50 career starts. Kevin Maclean trains the four-year-old gelding for Reginald MacPherson of Stratford.

Driver Dale Spence won three of the day’s five races.

Woodstock Raceway will continue racing on Wednesday, Aug. 2.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink