Live harness racing made its return to Dresden Raceway in front of a busy crowd on a beautiful Sunday afternoon (May 28).
The first race of the season was taken by Telling The Story and Preston Shaw, who went wire to wire in the co-featured $5,000 Preferred 3 Trot, stopping the clock in 2:00. The five-year-old daughter of Full Count carved a clip of :29.2, 1:00.2 and 1:31 to land a 7-3/4-length victory over Jooner, who overtook pocket-sitter Ajtitan for second. Patricia Gibb owns the winning mare, who paid $3.60 to win.
The featured event of the afternoon was the $5,000 Preferred 3 Pace and it was won by Sea Change N in 1:56.4 with Dan Clements in the sulky. The eight-year-old daughter of Somebeachsomewhere faced some pressure on the outside by Kenny Joe past the half, but found another gear down the stretch to win. Jason Libby trains the $5 winner for owner Lorrie Keeling.
For the eight-race card, there was a total of $44,171 wagered on opening day. Live racing is back next Sunday (June 4) with the first leg of the Mark Austin Pacing Series.
To view Sunday's harness racing results, click the following link: Sunday Results - Dresden Raceway.
(with files from Dresden Raceway)