Horses trained by France MacLean went to the front and managed to hold off their challengers to take three of Wednesday’s 12 races at Sudbury Downs

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With Paul MacLean in the sulky, three-year-old pacing colt Jacky Don Tucker broke his maiden in the opener in 2:02.1, five-year-old pacing mare Smart Act N doubled up in the 10th race in 2:01 and veteran trotter Donald Rankin closed out the program with the first victory of his 10-year-old campaign in 2:04.

France’s training triple pushes her into second place in the track’s standings with 14 wins on the year. Lifetime, the resident of Chelmsford, ON has sent out 347 winners for over $1.9 million in purse earnings.

To view Wednesday’s results, click here.