Artistic Fella 3yo takes ‘Count B’ final

TORONTO, February 20 – Legion Of Boom pulled off a mild harness racing upset to win The Count B series final Friday night at Woodbine.

A field of ten three-year-old pacing colts and geldings squared off in the $43,800 finale of the three-week series event.

Legion Of Boom and driver Doug McNair left from the rail at 9/1 and got away fifth entering the first turn. As the field neared the half, McNair sent Legion Of Boom first up, allowing the 4/5 favourite Conversation Boy to pick up second-over cover.

Legion Of Boom wasted no time charging first up and cleared to the front before the final turn. Conversation Boy, who was left without cover first up, made a break around the final turn spoiling his chances.

After reaching the three-quarter pole in 1:25.2, Legion Of Boom had to dig deep in the stretch to hold off several rivals and score a half-length victory in 1:54.4.

Dialamara finished second, while Nobettorplacetobe and His Boy Elroy finished third and fourth respectively.

A gelding son of Artistic Fella, Legion Of Boom is trained by Gregg McNair and now has two wins in the first five starts of his career.

The victory is extra sweet for driver Doug McNair, as he shares ownership of the gelding with Equus Standardbreds Inc. Legion Of Boom now has career earnings of $34,830.

The clocking of 1:54.4 knocked close to two-seconds off his previous career mark.

Legion Of Boom returned $20.20 to win.

In order to be eligible to The Count B series, the three-year-old colts and geldings had to be non-winners of three races or $40,000 lifetime as of October 31, 2014.

Legion Of Boom

Mark McKelvie