Three different horses remain undefeated at Dresden Raceway's 2017 meet after wins in both weeks of racing at the half-mile oval.
Fourteen-year-old Weskey went wire-to-wire for owner/trainer/driver Tyler Borth of Ingersoll, Ont. for his second win in a row at Dresden. The Wesgate Crown gelding is co-owned by Bill Borth. Weskey has now banked over $304,000 with the win in 2:04.
Evil Cam Evil made it two in a row at Dresden as well with a wire-to-wire win for driver Lorne House in 2:00 flat. The three-year-old Camluck gelding is owned by trainer Dennis Belan, Doug Belan and Brian Fitzgerald and has won six out of 10 lifetime starts.
Owner/trainer/driver Donnie Rankin Jr. of Amherstberg guided GD Cruise For Gold to his second win in a row at Dresden after setting the fractions of :30.2, 1:01.2, 1:31 and a last quarter of 29 seconds for a mile of 2:00 flat.
Dresden Raceway opened its doors to the world as they started streaming live today at dresdenraceway.ca with the hopes of linking in with HPI to allow wagering on the local races.
Garrett Rooney scored three wins today and visited the winner’s circle with Slots Of Fun, Ground Shaker, and Grits N Gravy.
Today’s handle was $20,399, which means the average handle per race has been over $2,100 in 2017.
Next week, Dresden Raceway will be hosting the Ontario Little Saratoga’s Dresden Cup. First race post time is 1:30 p.m.
To view Sunday's harness racing results, click on the following link: Sunday Results - Dresden Raceway.
(With files from Dresden Raceway)