After making a quarter pole move, Indiana Hall cruised to victory in the $14,800 Preferred Trot to close out Western Fair Raceway's Wednesday evening program
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After Winzel (Dave Wall) settled on top off the gate, Indiana Hall and driver Robert Shepherd pulled the pocket past the :29-second opening quarter to take command. The eight-year-old gelding proceeded to the half in 1:00 and three-quarters in 1:30.1 before crossing the wire in 2:00.1 with two lengths to spare. The popular son of Striking Sahbra-Inverlochy was followed by closers Hp Forte (Ondrej Gois), a 22-1 longshot, and Flora Dream (Doug McNair).
Indiana Hall paid $4.20 to win for the third time in seven starts this year. His 33rd career win pushed his earnings to $31,350 for 2011 and $617,726 lifetime. Ian Downey trains the gelding for the S S G Stables of North Boston, New York.
For results from Wednesday's harness racing card, click on the following link: Wednesday Results - Western Fair.