My Leap Of Faith made a powerful stretch drive to capture the featured condition trot on Wednesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs
. The race carried the night’s top purse of $16,000.
With Hall of Famer John Campbell doing the driving for trainer Brian Seidel, My Leap Of Faith left from post position No. 5 in a field of nine in the race for non-winners of $15,000 in their last five starts. Campbell kept the 6-5 favourite back off the early pace before setting the five-year-old stallion in motion on the back stretch second over. My Leap Of Faith took over the lead at the top of the stretch with a three-wide move and out-finished hard-charging Trotslikethewind by three-quarters of a length to win in 1:56 on a sloppy track. Luvyabutleave finished third.
My Leap Of Faith, sired by Victory’s Force, won for the second time in nine tries this year. The victory was the seventh of hs career, and his lifetime earnings now top $105,000.
(Pocono Downs)