Yacht Seelster turns tides in Preferred

Yacht Seelster (Shadow Play) set sail on an eighth-to-first voyage in the Preferred 2&3 Handicap Pace at Grand River Raceway on Friday (Jun. 10) for his fourth harness racing win of the year.

Driver Scott Wray pulled the seven-year-old stallion back to eighth as the pair started from post seven and sat 13-and-a-half lengths back as Lets Get Picked (J. Bradley Harris) pushed for the front in a :26.4 opening quarter. Wray then shifted his charge into the third-over position as they passed the half in :55.2.

Yacht Seelster fired three-wide and put rivals behind him as the field approached three-quarters in 1:25. He passed all but one as they entered the final turn and got by Lets Get Pickled in late stretch to score in 1:54.2.

His winning margin was a neck. Champagne Phil closed from last to third. A $2 win ticket returned $8.60.

YACHT SEELSTER REPLAY

Yacht Seelster hit the $400,000 earnings milestone with the victory and increased his win total to 23 in 132 starts. Donald Lindsey trains the stallion and shares ownership with Paul Kleinpaste of Orangeville, William Alempijevic of Forest Hills, and Garth Bechtel of Meaford.

The next card at Grand River Raceway is set for Monday, Jun. 13 at 6:30 p.m. EDT.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink