Cheddar Bay back to London, back to victory lane

Cheddar Bay (Betterthancheddar) returned to The Raceway at the Western Fair District on Monday (May 1) and made it three victories in his past three starts at the harness racing track as he hung on in the Preferred Pace.

The gelding put in work for J. Bradley Harris in the first quarter. He hustled out from post seven and hung three-wide on the first turn to take the lead. He completed the panel in :27 and made it to the half in :57.1. One-to-five favourite No Plan Intended (Tyler Borth) left the pylons just prior to that point and asserted himself with a first-over assault.

He pulled to level terms and eclipsed the leader at three-quarters in 1:25.2. No Plan Intended pushed further to lead by a half-length, but Cheddar Bay battled back on the final turn to retake the advantage and led into the stretch. No Plan Intended produced even more pace on the straightaway, but a valiant Cheddar Bay kept his head in front to prevail in 1:55.4.

Woodmere Rollnpop (Samuel Fillion) was third in a blanket finish.

CHEDDAR BAY REPLAY

Cheddar Bay has won in each of his last three visits to The Raceway. He last tallied on Apr. 10, and prior to that on Feb. 13. Peter Core trains the homebred gelding for Donald and Heather McGregor of Camlachie. The seven-year-old is now 19-for-98 lifetime with $232,834 in earnings.

Leading driver Tyler Borth collected another four wins on the night. One of his victories was a six-and-a-half-length romp in 1:56.1 with Arizona (Up The Credit), who has now won six races in a row. The Mike Timpano-trained mare is nine-for-13 this season.

The Raceway at the Western Fair District hosts its next card on Tuesday, May 2 with a 5:50 p.m. EDT first post.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink