For the second week in a row Angel On The Wing came up big on the track and on the toteboard. Trevor Henry was just as big in the racebike thanks to a natural five-bagger.
Angel On The Wing, a six-year-old daughter of Bo Knows Jate-Angels Uprising who pulled off a 12-1 upset in the April 15 edition of the $7,350 Fillies & Mares Preferred 3 at The Raceway at Western Fair District, returned to the London half-miler and erupted for a 21-1 stunner in Tuesday’s $10,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred 2.
Scott Coulter got away fifth with the mare while Ostinato and Twilight Seelster exchanged punches through fractions of :27.3, :57.1 and 1:25.3. Coulter was positioned third-over with Angel On The Wing at the three-quarter pole, and when he pulled the trigger she shot home in :29.2 en route to securing the win by 1-1/4 lengths over a dead game Twilight Seelster in 1:55.4. Thatll Be Franny was third.
Doug Walters trains the distaffer, who surpassed $100,000 in career earnings with the win, for owner Gary Anderson of London, Ontario. The 13-time winner owns a 4-4-3 record from 14 starts this season.
Royal Cover Up wired up the seven foes she faced in the $7,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred 3. Trevor Henry put the Brian Hodgson trainee on the lead and she successfully sliced out splits of :28.1, :57.2 and 1:26.3 before finishing off her foes with a :30.2 final panel. She was 2-1/2 lengths better than Katherine B in 1:57, with Pathtodover taking home the show dough.
Sent off at odds of 8-1, the six-year-old daughter of Royal Mattjesty-Legalistic won for the first time in eight starts this season. The nine-time winner, who is owned by Donald Hodgson of Dorchester, Ontario, has banked more than $74,000 to date.
Trevor Henry nabbed five consecutive races on Tuesday’s card thanks to victories with B Not T (1:58.1 in Race 5), Just One More (1:56.1 in Race 6), Mattjestic Light (2:01.1 in Race 7), Royal Cover Up (1:57 in Race 8) and Willies Place (1:57.2 in Race 9).
To view results for Tuesday's card of harness racing, click the following link: Tuesday Results – Western Fair.