Enchanted Mission and Marc St. Louis Jr. dashed through the snow on Friday night (Dec. 9) to capture the $10,800 Open Trot at Northville Downs by 1-1/4 lengths.
The team left hard for the lead along with rival Swan Leader, who tripped the beam to the quarter in :28.4. St. Louis and Enchanted Mission took over past the quarter and never looked back, reaching the half in 1:00, three-quarters in 1:29.3 then stopping the timer in 1:59.2.
Enchanted Mission is trained by Danielle St. Louis for owner Dr. Joshua Tanis. The victory marked career win number 25 for the eight-year-old son of Manofmanymissions, whose earnings now total $187,860
Meanwhile, the night’s driving leaders were Kody Massey with four wins and Marc St. Louis Jr. with three wins. Trainer Paul Cloer Jr. continued his hot streak with a training triple, of which two wins were for owner Lases Racing.
With just three race nights left in the 2022 meet, the driver and trainer standings continue to heat up. With his four wins on Friday night, Massey moves to 93 wins, now just 10 wins behind meet leader St. Louis Jr., who has 103 following his three-win evening. On the trainer side, Cloer Jr. passed Jim Trey Brinson (31 wins) for the lead with a win total now of 33. Danielle St. Louis (31 wins) moved into a tie for second with Brinson. Elizabeth Tolley is fourth with 28 and Gerald Malady is fifth with 25.
Live harness racing resumes at Northville Downs on Saturday (Dec. 10) at 7:30 p.m. Northville Downs races every Friday and Saturday night from now through Dec. 17.
(With files from Northville Downs)