Last Bet captures Northville Downs feature

Last Bet (Bettor’s Delight – West of LA) and driver Marc St. Louis, Jr. captured the Northville Downs Saturday night (Aug. 5) harness racing feature in 1:53.4 defeating Admiral Adam by one and three-quarters lengths.

Early leaders Lyons Friends (Kody Massey) and Admiral Adam (Justin Irvine) put up fractions of 27.1, 56.1, when Commander Bob (David Lake) came first-up, towing Panther Time and Magic Shark second and third over, respectively, while Last Bet moved fourth over from last to join the fray.

As they accelerated to three-quarters in 1:24.2, the front runners began to tire and Last Bet stormed up on the far outside to get up for the impressive worst to first score. Admiral Adam settled for second while Lyons Friends hung on for third.

The win was the 16^th in Last Bet’s career and pushed his career earnings over the $150,000 mark. Last Bet is trained by Danielle St. Louis and owned by Stacey Currie.

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In the Open 2 Pace, race 7, Oh K Man dropped in class to win coast-to-coast in 1:54.2 after setting fractions in 27.1, 56.0 and 1:24.3 to three-quarters while shaking off all challengers. Western Drive closed well for second and Rockin Rusty got up for third. For Oh K Man, it was career victory number 47 and he is owned by Julie Neil and trained by Danielle St. Louis.

Driver Marc St. Louis, Jr.  had a driving triple on the night, while trainer Danielle St. Louis had a double on the card as well.

Racing at The Ville resumes Friday (Aug 11) at 7 p.m. Friday night is dollar night featuring $1 live programs, $1 pop and popcorn, $2 hot dogs and beer and hamburger and cheeseburger specials. Northville Downs races every Friday and Saturday night until Sept. 30 with a 7 p.m. post time. For live racing dining reservations, be sure to call Northville Downs in advance at 248.924.2073.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Ken Terpenning, for Northville Downs