Cash Only Please Wins Hiawatha Preferred

Cash Only Please converted from the pocket to take down pacesetter Three Cents in the featured $10,000 Preferred 2 Pace at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday night

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Three Cents (Brad Fritz) fired off the gate from Post 5 and carved out fractions of :27.1, :56.4 and 1:25 with 2-1 favourite Cash Only Please and driver Don Rankin Jr. following along in the pocket. Hesoneinamillion (Kevin Wallis) launched a first over attack from third as they raced past the third interval, but Cash Only Please angled out and plowed down the leader in the stretch for the half-length victory. Armbro Warranty (Gene Piroski) and Donegal Mac (Brad Forward) came on for third and fourth over Hesoneinamillion.

Rankin Jr. also trains and owns Cash Only Please, a seven-year-old son of Cambest-First Taste, who has won five of 17 starts this year for earnings totaling $28,906. Lifetime, the gelding has won 31 times and banked $209,824.

To view Saturday’s results, click here.

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