Sweet Ashley T (Homer Hochstetler) held on to win the Vernon Downs featured trot on Saturday night (October 28).
Sweet Ashley T (Conway Hall) put up all the fractions of :28.3, :57.3 and 1:26.1 before a 29-second closer to hit the wire in 1:55.1. Owned by South Of The Tracks Racing Inc. and trainer Hochstetler, the four-year-old mare held off a late spurt by runner-up Painite (Truman Gale) and third place finisher Lucid Thoughts (John MacDonald).
It was the fifth win of the year for Sweet Ashley T ($8.70) and her tenth career victory.
Vernon Downs will close out live harness racing for the 2017 season this coming weekend. Post time for Friday (November 3) is 6:45 p.m. Saturday (November 4) is closing night and will have a special post time of 6:00 p.m. Free long sleeve t-shirt giveaway on closing night while the supply lasts.
(with files from Vernon)