28-1 shocker in Mohawk Preferred

Hp Royal Theo (Royalty For Life) rocketed up in class and soared to victory lane at long odds in the $35,000 Preferred harness racing trot at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday (Sep. 5).

The gelding dropped back to fourth from his inside start for Louis-Philippe Roy as Ahundreddollarbill (James MacDonald) moved forward to the front. The latter cut :27.3 and :56.4 panels, and Hp Royal Theo slipped into the outside flow as the field rounded the final turn.

Roy held Hp Royal Theo on cover through three-quarters in 1:24.4 and into the stretch. He swung the gelding out as they passed the eighth pole and urged him past Patriarch Hanover (Doug McNair) to score in 1:52.3.

He was three-quarters of a length clear of Patriarch Hanover, who finished second. Pikachu Hanover (Trevor Henry) was third. The win price was $59.80.

HP ROYAL THEO REPLAY

It was the first career Preferred victory for Hp Royal Theo, the 2019 William Wellwood Memorial winner. The five-year-old has won 15 times and has earned $647,800 in 69 tries for breeder Claude Hamel of Ayer’s Cliff and Michel Damphousse of Sainte-Ursule.

Woodbine Mohawk Park continues racing on Tuesday, Sep. 6 with a pair of Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions highlighting the 10-dash program.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink