Meet Closers For Northside, St, John's
Two of Canada's tracks on the East Coast wrapped up their 2009 seasons of harness racing on Sunday with pacing mares shining in their respective featured events
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Northside Downs (click here for results) offered a 16-race card and Maritime sensation Abby Best was tons the best in the $900 Winners Over - The Robert Leyte Memorial, crushing her foes by 12 lengths in a time of 1:58 for driver Red Doucet and trainer-owner Angus MacLean. The win was her 40th lifetime and 15th on the campaign, and was just four-fifths off the her own track record - over a track that was rated two seconds off.
Trainer Heather Hawkins also scored a training triple on the day, notching wins with Lite The Way in Race 3, Electric Prince in Race 5 and Lexus Bandito in Race 10.
In Newfoundland at St. John's Racing And Entertainment Centre (results here), Lady Jessie was a 2:06.4 winner in the $775 Preferred Pace, named the Ronald Gerard Brewer Memorial Pace. Scott Mac Roberts engineered the near 13 length spanking for trainer Gord Fleming and owner Charmaine Fleming of Mount Pearl,NL.