Patriarch Hanover rises and pops

Patriarch Hanover (Father Patrick) stepped up to face top conditioned-level harness racing foes on Monday (Jan. 16) at Woodbine Mohawk Park and took his first win of the season.

Doug McNair piloted the Richard Moreau trainee to victory in the short field, which was down to four in contention by the quarter. The horses maintained single-file formation until rounding into the stretch. McNair kept Patriarch Hanover on the pylons, and the stallion sprinted past pacesetter Warrior One (Sylvain Filion) in the closing stages to score in 1:53.4. Pikachu Hanover (Louis-Philippe Roy) finished third.

PATRIARCH HANOVER REPLAY

It was Patriarch Hanover’s highest level win since a Free-for-All on May 30, 2022. The six-year-old is 17-for-104 lifetime with $592,431 in earnings. Brad Grant owns the stallion.

Woodbine Mohawk Park will continue racing at 7:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 19.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink