Full of late pace, California import Good Bad Or Best swept past his fellow claiming pacers in the stretch to capture the lion’s share of the $8,000 prize in the Abbetross A Series Final Sunday at Fraser Downs
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Good Bad Or Best and David Hudon, positioned sixth at the rail, watched as Lonnie Mack (Mike Hennessy) led the field through stations of :27.3, :57 and 1:26. As the pacers entered the stretch, the backfield began to close in on the leader and spread out across the track with Good Bad Or Best widest of them all. Unleashing a :29.4 final frame, the 5-1 shot powered home for the victory in 1:57 over a track rated “good” and one second off.
Piper (Jim Marino), apart of the favoured entry, finished three-quarters of a length behind off a pocket trip while 81-1 longshot Red Star Yogi (Doug Chappell) rallied for third.
Debra McCarty trains and co-owns Good Bad Or Best with Mark Anderson of Willows, California. The 10-year-old Cambest-Sister Alert gelding won four of his 33 starts in 2009 and banked just under $10,000. His 33rd career win today pushes his bankroll to over $225,000.
Ed Hensley drove four winners on the 11-race program including three of his own pupils, Designer Dreams (1:56.1), Fast Change Art (1:54.4) and Stonebridge Camlot (1:56).
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