Illinois-bred trotters were in action before the rains and high winds pelted Balmoral Park on Wednesday night.
A field of five diagonally-gaited three-year-olds squared off in the $12,000 Southern Rocketop Stakes, which was contested as a non-wagering event prior to the scheduled start of the regular card which wound up getting wiped out by severe storms.
Continuing his early season divisional dominance, William Wright and Mystical Marker Farms' King Mufasa made it look easy as he strolled to a four and three-quarter-length victory in 1:55.2.
Confidently handled by driver Mike Oosting, the gelded son of Powerful Emotion-Foxy N Diamonds used a powerful backside brush to overtake entrymate Powerful Poe (driven by Todd Warren) after an opening quarter in a pedestrian :30.
Cruising along through middle splits of :59.3 and 1:28.3, the Mike Brink trainee was still fit and fresh in the lane. He sealed the deal with a sharp :26.4 final quarter to post his fourth win in five seasonal starts.
Powerful Poe was forced to settle for the runner-up role for the third time this season, while Fox Valley Camo (Jamaica Patton) finished third.
(Balmoral)