A Nashty Business Persists In Preferred
A Nashty Business survived an overland journey and wore down the popular front-runner to win Flamboro Downs' featured $7,500 Preferred 3 Trot on Sunday night (Jan. 10).
The seven-year-old Armbro Nash gelding challenged favourite R Rkadabra (James MacDonald) through fractions of :29.3, :58.4 and 1:28.4, eventually drawing clear towards the final turn and then holding off the late-charging Euro Classic (Per Henriksen) in the stretch to win in 2:00.1 by a quarter-length. The track was rated "good" with a two second variant following Saturday night's cancellation.
Rockwood, Ont. horseman Daniel Potvin owns, trains and drives A Nasty Business, who now has 11 wins and career earnings totalling $77,624.
A Nashty Business paid $10.40 to win.
To view Sunday's harness racing results, click on the following link: Sunday Results - Flamboro Downs.