Seemingly blocked and racing for a minor award, Bettor Design shot through a narrow opening in deep stretch to capture Monday’s $22,500 Winners Over $10,000 Life/Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows

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Bettor Design sat third for most of the race but found himself shuffled to a trailing position as the field turned for home - one horse in front of him, one to his inside, another to his outside. But the six-year-old Bettors Delight-Windwatch gelding persevered and responded with a burst of energy when Mike Wilder guided him through a slender seam.

Bettor Design prevailed in 1:52.3, a nose better than the first-over Object Of Art, with Red Star Catch third. Virgil Morgan, Jr. trains Bettor Design, who now boasts $211, 882 in career earnings, for Frank Bellino.

(The Meadows)