After going winless in two starts as a rookie, the Erv Miller trainee What The Sheik has come back better and faster to kick off his three-year-old campaign
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The son of Western Terror-Radiant Heiress, who is listed at odds of 125-1 in Trot Magazine 2010 Pepsi North America Cup Spring Book, was a 1:55.1 winner in his first start of the season at Pocono Downs on April 21. He followed up that victory with a second consecutive trip to victory lane thanks to a 1:55 score on Thursday afternoon at Harrah’s Chester Racetrack.
With Mike Lachance at the lines, What The Sheik sat fourth through the first half of the $12,100 conditioned assignment before launching a first-over attack. The colt, who was almost on even terms with the leader at the three-quarter pole in 1:26, used a :29-second final frame to pull away in the lane for the 1:55 decision.
John Carver, Kentuckiana Racing Stable and Ronald Michelon share ownership on the Kentuckiana Farms homebred, who went through the 2008 Lexington Select Yearling Sale for $100,000.