It will be a challenging season for the top class pacers in New Brunswick if Blood Money maintains his current form.
The five-year-old son of Sweet Lou - Blood Diamond toyed with his competition in the Winners Over feature on Saturday (May 15) at Exhibition Park Raceway. With owner Dr. Mitch Downey at the controls, Blood Money forged his way to the front from the outermost post five and dictated the terms from there. No challengers allowed Downey to steal pedestrian opening fractions of :30.2 and 1:01, before gradually picking up the pace in a :29.2 third quarter and sprinting home in :28.4 to win by more than five lengths in 1:59.1 -- a tick slower than his effort over a track rated two seconds slower a week ago.
Ellen Stevenson trains Blood Money, now an 11-time winner with more than $432,000 in earnings. If the last two weeks are any indication, those totals are likely to grow substantially by year's end.
Live harness racing returns to New Brunswick next Saturday (May 22).
To view the results from the Saturday card, click the following link: Saturday Results - Exhibition Park.