Canadian-connected On A Streak showed his win in the William Wellwood Memorial final was no fluke by capturing the $600,000 Breeders Crown for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Friday (October 30) at Harrah's Hoosier Park Racing & Casino.

Bob McClure hustled On A Streak away from post four, landing on the lead and then settling into second behind second choice Captain Corey (Ake Svanstedt) through a :26.4 opening quarter.

Favoured Venerate (Andy Miller) started an overland bid from fifth but couldn't clear, remaining first up through a :55.3 half. Captain Corey continued to trot with confidence through a 1:24.1 third quarter with Venerate not going away and On A Streak looming the danger in the pocket. Down the long Hoosier Park stretch, Venerate was gaining on Captain Corey, prompting McClure to look for room up the inside with On A Streak. They found it, and once that daylight opened up On A Streak lunged past the tempo-setter and held off some late rallies to win in a lifetime best and stakes record 1:52.4. In Range (Tim Tetrick) followed On A Streak's path along the pylons for second with Venerate battling valiantly for show.

"I wanted to leave and follow either Ake or Andy, or even both," said McClure after his first Breeders Crown win. "When I saw Ake look over and try to take off on Andy I said 'this is looking really good'.

"Andy's horse still seemed like he was coming," continued McClure in reference to the strategy at the head of the stretch. "So I just had to get into the passing lane and get him re-motivated. It's not easy for two-year-old trotters to dive into the passing lane and try to advance, it's not really taught to them. But he's such a professional, as soon as he saw open air he just took off."

Trained by Luc Blais for owner Determination of Montreal, Que., On A Streak (Cantab Hall - Habits Best) now sports a 2-3-2 summary from nine rookie starts, with the winner's share of the purse giving him a solid $757,161 bankroll.

McClure joked about his snake-bitten past in the Breeders Crown before Friday night's victory.

"It's really nice. We've had some bad luck between me and Luc...he's had plenty of luck without me so I was starting to think it was me! Obviously we had a really nice trotting filly [Donna Soprano] and I thought we had the best chance to get it with, and I couldn't get her in. So it was really nice [to get this one] for the connections...I worked out a trip with this guy and Luc had him awesome."

The Breeders Crown win is the fourth for Blais, all with trotters. Emoticon Hanover won the Open Mare Trot in back-to-back seasons (2017-2018) and he won his first on home soil with Intimidate in 2012.

"To win a Breeders Crown is always special," said Blais. "It's at the end of the year, it's a long season and when you win that it helps refresh you for the winter."

Blais told Trot Insider on Wednesday that he had a good feeling about his colt's chances in the Breeders Crown final after his fourth-place elim finish.

"Today he was closer in the stretch [than he was last week] and he needed a race before that race and he was stronger tonight."