51st try the charm for Fear The Shadow

Fear The Shadow (Shadow Play) ended a 50-start, two-year harness racing losing spell in a big win at Flamboro Downs on Wednesday (Dec. 14).

Travis Henry settled the gelding into fourth after avoiding a breaking foe on the first turn and strolled through the first two panels of :29 and :57.3 as The Colt (Scott Coulter) worked on the leader from a first-over position.

Henry fed his charge that foe’s helmet as they turned away from the grandstand and made a three-wide move soon after. Fear The Shadow’s nose was in front just past the three-quarter-mile marker in 1:28.2, and the gelding took a clear lead entering the final turn. With tiring pacesetters at the head of the pack, the Fear The Shadow motored six-and-a-half lengths clear to score in 1:59.

Dustylanesebastian (Jason Ryan) circled four foes in the final quarter for second. Jks Henry (Brett MacDonald) was third.

FEAR THE SHADOW REPLAY

Fear The Shadow had not won since breaking his maiden on Dec. 17, 2020. Harry Martin of Hanover owns and trains his homebred. The five-year-old gelding has won two of his 75 races and has earned $79,298.

Also on the card, Ideal Perception took the Preferred in wire-to-wire fashion. Austin Sorrie piloted the five-year-old to the 1:53 win.  It was the Anthony Beaton trainee’s 15th win in 87 lifetime outings. S S G Stables of North Boston (NY) owns the stallion, who has now compiled $268,782 in earnings.

The next card at Flamboro Downs is set for 6:35 p.m. EST on Saturday, Dec. 17.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink