Shark Week wins his first start back

Century Downs hosted a nine-race card that featured the return of Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) to the oval.

Shark Week had four weeks of rest heading into the Preferred pace. He was assigned post position seven, but that did not bother the five-year-old pacer. He got to the front as quickly as possible and never gave up. Shark Week posted a modest mile time of 1:52.2 which is 3 seconds slower than his lifetime mark of 1:49.2. Which, of course, is not only the track record at Century Downs but also the fastest mile in western Canada. This was the first of two wins for Mike Hennessy in the bike during the card, and Rodney Hennessy only scored one win as a trainer.

SHARK WEEK REPLAY

Amped Up Annie (Vertical Horizon) broke her maiden with a 1:56.2-mile time to kick off the card. It took the three-year-old filly 17 attempts to get the job done for Nathan Sobey. She took the lead from her inside rail position at the word go and never gave it up. Nathan Sobey could only earn the win on the night in the bike.

AMPED UP ANNIE REPLAY

Kelly Hoerdt found himself in the winner’s circle on three separate occasions as trainer. He won wire-to-wire withBeach Myst (Mystician) in the seventh race. He followed that up Chuck You Farlie (Custard The Dragon) sixth win on the year. The four-year-old paced the mile in 1:55.2 and now has back-to-back wins. The third win came when Phillip Giesbrecht steered Came A Caviar (Domitian Hanover) to a solid 1:56.1 mile time.

Century Downs will be back in action tomorrow, Saturday, Aug. 5, with a 10-race card. It’s a stake race-heavy day as there are eliminations for the ASHA Filly Pace Century Casinos Pace, the Gord and Illa Rumpel Memorial and the Ralph Klien Memorial. Post time is at 1:15 p.m. MDT.

For complete race results, click here.

by Trey Colbeck, for Harnesslink