Overthemoonforyou ($2.60) delivered another scintillating performance on Thursday, June 19 at Running Aces to capture her 10th win in a row and pad her position at the top of the sport of harness racing by seasonal wins.
The win came in a $12,162 conditioned pace where driver Aaron Lehman sent the four-year-old mare away sharply from the gate from post three and yielded in the early lead battle to secure the pocket, allowing Aint She Special (Luke Plano) to cut the early fractions of :27.3 and :56.4.
Lehman tipped from the pocket as they headed down the backside and quickly drew alongside the leader, while Apple Juice (Brett Erickson) and Always A Dancer (Brady Jenson) saved ground.
Overthemoonforyou took a short lead at the 1:24.1 three-quarters but Aint She Special countered and was back on top narrowly as they swung for home.
Once in the lane, Overthemoonforyou edged past and proceeded to draw clear late for a 1-1/2 length score while Always A Dancer rallied past Aint She Special for the place spot in the 1:52 mile, which is a new career mark for the winner.
A daughter of Karpathian Kid, Overthemoonforyou is owned by QKS Racing and trained by Quentin Schneider.
Major Trip (Nick Roland, $20.80) posted a huge closing effort to get up in time to win the $11,486 sophomore Open pace in a career best 1:54.2 clocking with Tutto Bene (Scott Cisco) just a neck back in second and Swinging On By (Dean Magee) a close third.
The winner is a gelding by Major Legacy and is owned by Set The Pace Racing and Abby Olsen and is also trained by Roland.
Nick Roland led the program with a driving triple and a training double, while drivers Luke Plano and Billy Mann and trainers Kathie Plested and Bob Lems each had doubles.
Live harness racing returns to Running Aces on Sunday, June 22 for an 11-race program that gets underway at 6 p.m. (CDT).
(Running Aces)