Foiled Again, the richest horse in harness racing history, chalked up win No. 107 when he won the aptly-titled $15,000 Foiled Again Invitational on Sunday, Dec. 2 at Rosecroft Raceway.
The 14-year-old gelding, starting from post nine, paced past the pacesetter and longshot Arts Blaze down the stretch to win in 1:53.4 as he closes in on the end of his racing career. The son of Dragon Again has started 328 times in his career and has amassed more than $7.6 million.
“He is special, that’s for sure,” said driver Matt Kakaley. “He’s a once-in-a-lifetime horse and I’m glad I got to drive him a little in his career.”
Asked if he had any doubts he would run down Arts Blaze, Kakaley said, “I knew he was going to reel him in. When he was that close on the last turn I wasn’t worried”
Foiled Again returned $2.60.
Slick Tony, the 4-5 favourite, came four-wide into the stretch with driver Montrell Teague to win the $25,000 Maryland Invitational for horses owned, sired or bred in Maryland. A homebred three year old owned and trained by George Leager, Slick Tony won his ninth race of the year and pushed his career earnings over $370,000. Sams Triple Crown was second and pacesetter All The Cookies was third.
(With files from Rosecroft Raceway)
Western Fame won the featured race on the Sunday card, the $100,000 Potomac Pace. Read more here.
Mike also... where is the
Mike also...
where is the money coming from?
It would have to be nominated from the owners for the older ranks...
I just don't see that happening. It gets rather steep for horses who should already know where they stand.
Would you nominate and sustain fees for a horse who has no chance against the likes of McWicked or Shartin?
The North America Cup costs an arm and a leg to get in. It all costs money.
I personally would not put $2000 into a race I would finish out of the money against McWicked.
Harness Racing's biggest race
Harness Racing's biggest race is probably The Hambletonian, though you could make an argument for The Jug. I propose that there should be a $2 million (or more) invitational for older pacers, beginning in 2019, called The Foiled Again. It would generate far more interest than the $1 million 2yo trot at The Red Mile which was recently announced, (and then postponed a couple weeks later) and would serve as a HUGE incentive for owners to continue to race their horses at age 4, rather than prematurely retiring them to breed. If you've never been to the track before and attend the races for 2yo trotters, bet a few dollars on the horse of your choice, only to watch it break stride before the race even starts and finish hopelessly out of the money, are you ever going to go to the track again?