Since racing returned to Woodbine Mohawk Park no trainer has been more productive than Ben Baillargeon.
The veteran horseman savoured a training triple on Saturday, June 7, before capturing Tuesday’s Preferred Trot with P L Jill. To keep the ball rolling he watched sophomore pacer Rhythm In Motion step to a new lifetime mark in his 2020 debut.
A homebred son of Big Jim-Racy Gal Hanover, Rhythm In Motion marched right to the lead in the $16,000 affair and didn’t look back for driver Sylvain Filion. He carved out fractions of :27.3, :56.4 and 1:24.3 with the gelding who then used a final quarter clocked in :27 to win by 3-1/4 lengths in a career-best clocking of 1:51.3. Bettor At Hightide was next best, with Siddhartha taking home third prize.
Sent off as the 1-5 favourite, Rhythm In Motion won for the second time in his career for owners/breeders Santo Vena and Nunzio Vena. The gelding is a half-brother to the Vena brothers’ Rock This Way (1:51.1 - $264,125).
To view results for Thursday's card of harness racing, click the following link: Thursday Results – Woodbine Mohawk Park.