Wilcat Rocky holds on for first Preferred victory

Wilcat Rocky (Hes Watching) scores his first Preferred Pace victory on Monday (Mar. 3) at The Raceway at Western Fair District.

Travis Henry pushed the five-year-old gelding straight to the front once the harness race commenced and they coasted to a 27.3 opening quarter. With the lead steadily in hand, Wilcat Rocky only posted a 30-second panel. For a brief moment, he was challenged by Docsphillycheese (Alford Carroll) at the half-mile station but Wilcat Rocky, having the inside position, was able to fight him off. That was the closest anyone else got to the lead, but Wilcat Rocky was just that much better and went wire-to-wire in 1:55.3.

Cheddar Bay (Bradley Harris) was second best and Docsphillycheese would hold onto third.

WILCAT ROCKY REPLAY

Wilcat Rocky has now won two of his last three starts and also has a second-place finish there. Dale Heard has trained the gelding since the beginning. Heard earns only the one win on the card but this was Henry’s second of the night in the bike.

Samuel Fillion and Michael Horner also each earned two driving wins on the card.

Racing resumes at Western Fair on Tuesday, Mar. 5 at 5:50 p.m. EST.

For complete race results, click here.

by Trey Colbeck, for Harnesslink