Lying In Cash takes feature; record broken at Northville

Lying In Cash (Aracache Hanover – Jokerslitlwhitelie) and Jason Merriman captured the Saturday night featured Open 1 Pace at Northville Downs in a dazzling 1:53.1.

When the wings sprung shut, Gabe the Babe (Drew Neill) and Lying In Cash battled for the early lead but once they turned to the backstretch, Lying In Cash took over and never looked back, putting up all the numbers (26.4, 55.3, 1:24.0, and a final clocking of 1:53.1) defeating his seven rivals. Southwind Amazon finished second, two and a half lengths back of the winner, while Last Bet was just a nose back of Southwind Amazon, in third.

LYING IN CASH REPLAY

Lying In Cash is bred, owned and trained in Michigan by Techia Lohmann and the win was the 34th of his career.

Earlier on the night in race five, Commander Bob (Real Desire– Christa Ann) leased by Kyle Larner, trained by Sean Mapes and driven by David Lake, equaled the track record by a four-year-old pacing horse in 1:54.1.

The record was set in 1994 by Rocket Jockey and driver Clay Faurot, Jr.

COMMANDER BOB REPLAY

Driver Kody Massey had a grand slam on the night while Drew Neill had his second hat trick of the weekend.  Trainer Todd Pappas had a double on the card as well, one of which gave Pappas his first driving win of the meet, first driving win since July 2021 and just his second pari-mutuel driving win of his career as well.

Racing at The Ville resumes Friday (Aug 25) at 7 p.m. Friday night is dollar night featuring $1 live programs, $1 pop and popcorn, $2 hot dogs and beer and hamburger and cheeseburger specials. Northville Downs races every Friday and Saturday night until Sept. 30 with a 7 p.m. post time. For live racing dining reservations, be sure to call Northville Downs in advance at 248.924.2073.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Ken Terpenning, for Northville Downs