Fred’s Nightmare wins final ever Northville Open

Fred’s Nightmare (Fred and Ginger –  Nightlife) and driver Marc St. Louis, Jr. captured the featured $21,600 Open Pace on the Saturday closing night harness racing program at Northville Downs.

Fred’s Nightmare and St. Louis rocketed to the lead and never looked back, setting fractions of 27.4, 57.0, 1:25.0 and clocking a winning time in 1:54.0, the night’s fastest, winning by a widening six length margin. Dillinger and Austin Hanners closed well for second and Commander Bob was up for third.

FRED’S NIGHTMARE REPLAT

It marked Fred’s Nightmare’s 22nd career win and the charge was one of Driver Marc St. Louis, Jr’s driving hat trick on the night and trainer Becky Zubkoff had a training hat trick as well.

In addition, Justin Irvine had a driving grand slam on the night.

Northville Downs wishes to thank every fan and patron for supporting horse racing in the state of Michigan over the years. We look forward to our next chapter in Michigan harness racing.

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

by Ken Terpenning, for Northville Downs