When Standardbred Canada recently asked Canadian horsemen which horse came to mind as a truly great aged pacer, Foiled Again came up, well... again and again. But coming off a couple of fifth-place efforts, the eight-year-old gelding didn’t get a lot of respect from bettors going into September’s Canadian Pacing Derby at Mohawk Racetrack. That was a big mistake.

Story by Karen Briggs. / Photographed by Matt Waples