Nathan Bain took the lead on Day 2 of the $500 Leamington Raceway Youth Handicapping Challenge, as he scored 90 points to Nicholas Barnsdale’s 75.

Bain, who selected six top-pick winners on the 10-race card and scratched into two others, leads the standings with 183 points to Barnsdale’s 168.

Barnsdale correctly forecasted six winners on top. Both contestants once again clicked with their 'Best Bet,' as both chose Why So Serious in Race 1 and he was an easy three and a half-length winner for perennial leading driver Marc St. Louis Jr. On a day marred with scratches, Race 6 was deemed void for this contest because all of Bain’s top three choices scratched.

The Handicapping Challenge, co-sponsored by the Canadian chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association and Standardbred sales site HoofBid, will be contested every Sunday to the final day of the Leamington Raceway meet on October 25, with $300 awarded to the winner and $200 to the runner-up.

Follow the action and the challenge as live races resume Sunday, August 23 at Leamington Raceway, via the track's site (lakeshorehorseraceway.com) and Horseplayer Interactive.

(USHWA)