Oney Hall captures sixth in a row

The seemingly unstoppable Oney Hall extended his streak of victories at Woodbine Mohawk Park to six as the harness racing trotter scored in the $45,500 Free-for-All on Monday.

Dream Nation (Scott Young) flew away from the start and forced the typically forward-going Oney Hall to take the pocket spot. Dream Nation then trotted to the quarter in :27.4 before Trevor Henry ordered Oney Hall to circle the leader, which he did in short order on the backside.

Henry and Oney Hall led the seven-horse group to the half in :56.4 and three-quarters in 1:26. Spartan General (Chris Christoforou) left the three-hole on the final turn to head the outer flow and pursued the leader, who maintained his length and a half advantage down the stretch. Henry needed to work little as Oney Hall finished the job handily in 1:53.2.

Spartan General took place for the second week in a row, falling short by three quarters of a length. Dream Nation rode the pylons to a third place finish.

Alan Leavitt of Lexington owns Oney Hall, a six-year-old Deweycheatumnhowe gelding. Robert McIntosh has trained the horse to five straight top-class wins at Woodbine Mohawk Park and an overall win streak of six. Oney Hall is now 26-for-85 lifetime with $438,754 in earnings.

For full race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink