Celebrity Pegasus Lowers Track Record

Ken Wood, Bill Dittmar and Steve Iaquinta's Celebrity Pegasus ($5.00, Art Stafford Jr.) set a new track record for trotting stallions on Wednesday at Harrington Raceway with a 1:54.1 score in the $15,000 Open Trot.

Gillie The Kid set fractions of :28.1, :56.3 and 1:25 while Celebrity Pegasus gathered first-over momentum and cleared the field on the final turn then opened up a comfortable lead. Wind Of The North closed ground for second and Five Towns finished third.

Trained by Eric Ell, "Pegasus" recorded his 19th career win.

Six Gun Hall (1:54.4) held the prior track record.

(Harrington Raceway)