Junebugs Baby, the Cape Breton Horsemens Association's 2014 Horse of the Year, was a wire-to-wire winner in his season's debut at Northside Downs on Saturday.
Junebugs Baby won the featured $1,100 Winners Over Pace in 1:58.3 by two and a quarter lengths over Le Fugueur and Great Luck. Fraser Turnbull drives, trains and co-owns the homebred son of Western Paradise with John Turnbull Jr.
Last season, Junebugs Baby won eight of his 20 races and posted 10 other top three finishes. The six-year-old pacer now has 30 career wins in 63 starts and earnings totalling $81,762.
Northside Downs' 2014 Driver of the Year Gerard Kennedy won the afternoon's first two races with the maiden-breaking sophomore filly Mirages Paradise and her older sister Mirages Magic for trainer, owner and breeder Irwin Claener.
To view Saturday's harness racing results, click on the following link: Saturday Results - Northside Downs.