Six Straight For Sporty Tori
The sophomore Sportswriter filly Sporty Tori, who made her career debut in early March, collected her sixth consecutive victory when making her seventh start on Tuesday, May 7 at The Raceway at Western Fair District.
Sent the 2-1 second choice, Sporty Tori got away fifth from the second-tier starting spot as odds-on favourite Keep Focused cleared command heading to a :30.1 opening quarter with Mostly Dali sitting second. Trainer-driver Gorden McKnight pulled Sporty Tori off the pylons moving to a 1:01.3 half and swept to the top before a 1:30.3 third quarter. Sporty Tori then spun for home under pursuit from Keep Focused heading to the wire, holding off the late challenger by three-quarter lengths in 1:59.1 while Mostly Dali took third.
Owned by M&s Racing Stable Inc., Sporty Tori has compiled $24,745 from seven starts. She paid $6.40 to win.
To view Tuesday's harness racing results, click on the following link: Tuesday Results - Western Fair Raceway.