Last Bet wins Northville Downs feature by a length

Last Bet (Bettor’s Delight – West of LA) and driver Marc St. Louis, Jr. captured the Northville Downs Saturday night (Aug. 12) harness racing feature in 1:53.4  defeating Lying In Cash (Aracache Hanover  – Jokerslitlwhitelie) by one length.

Early leader Lying In Cash (Jason Merriman) set sail from post 7 to clear to the top by the quarter pole in 27 seconds passing early leaders Dusto (Lindsay Moen) and Coalfordbythesea (Justin Irvine). Magic Shark (Drew Neill) came first over, towing Western Drive (David Lake) and RJP (Kody Massey) second and third over, respectively, while Last Bet moved fourth over from last to join the fray past the half in 55.4. As they accelerated to three-quarters in 1:24.2, the outside cover flow began to tire and Last Bet stormed up on the far outside to get up for the impressive worst to first score. It was the second week in a row Last Bet made that move for the win. Lying In Cash settled for second while Dusto hung on for third.

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The win was the 17^th in Last Bet’s career. Last Bet is trained by Danielle St. Louis and owned by Stacey Currie.

Drivers Justin Irvine, Kody Massey and Drew Neill all had driving doubles on the night, while trainers Gerald Malady and Elizabeth Tolley had doubles on the card as well.

Racing at The Ville resumes Friday (Aug 18) 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