Waiting On A Woman established himself as the king of the Open trotters at Pompano Park with a dominating wire-to-wire in 1:53.2 on Wednesday night for Wally Hennessey.

His victims, in order, were Pure Barre (Kevin Wallis), Ill Tell You What (Dave Ingraham), Celebrity Legacy (Bruce Ranger), Blushing Hanover (Mickey McNichol) and Dutchess Seelster (Tom Sells).

The five-year-old gelded son of Northern Bailey took the lead from his outside post as the gate’s wings folded and carved out panels of :28, :57.1 and 1:25.1 before striding away from the competition with authority on the strength of a final panel in :28.1. The winning margin was four and a quarter lengths on the line.

Trained by Travis Kolaczynski for the New Jennaration connections, the win was a new lifetime mark and left trainer Kolaczynski speechless...almost!

“Goosebumps! That’s about all I can say right now,” the trainer said. "I have goosebumps!"

Hennessey then expounded, “He’s a nice big horse and he loves this racetrack. It just fits him so well and he really gets around it easily. I never realized he was going that fast. I asked him for a little something when we were midway on the backstretch, but after that he did this all on his own. He was well within himself at the end of the mile.”

The win for Waiting On A Woman was the fifth in six trips to the post in 2013 — he’s won 26 in 49 lifetime starts — sending his yearly bounty to $23,250.

As the 3-5 toteboard favourite, Waiting On A Woman returned $3.20 win.

(With files from Pompano Park)