Man He Can Skoot paced home for his 50th career victory, winning the seventh race at Northfield Park on Tuesday, Oct. 30. The nine-year-old, with 220 career starts, also has 45 seconds and 21 third-place finishes.
Man He Can Skoot (Mantacular-Scootn By-Direct Scooter) has career earnings of $440,167 with a lifetime mark of 1:51 at Northfield Park at age six. The pacer’s richest win was for a purse of $23,000 in a conditioned race at Yonkers Raceway in 2014. Man He Can Skoot is a well-traveled campaigner -- his 50 wins have been spread across 17 different racing surfaces.
Man He Can Skoot started from post seven and sat fourth through early :27 and :55 fractions. He pulled to the outside and took the lead in the third-quarter and led the remainder of the mile in times of 1:24 and 1:53, besting his competition by a full length. He returned $11.60 to win.
Brian Loney trains Man He Can Skoot for owner Bradley Schwartz of Chicago, Illinois. Aaron Merriman was aboard for the winning drive.
(Northfield Park)