Shark Week extended his win streak to five straight in the $16,000 Preferred Pace at Century Downs on Saturday, June 7.
Shark Week and driver Mike Hennessy were early out of the gate from post seven as the heavily backed favourites. The Rod Hennessy student led field through fractions in :27.1 and :55.4, uncontested. Midnight Mover (Phil Giesbrecht) buzzed on the outside up the backstretch, but never quite caught Shark Week before the three-quarters in 1:25.3.
After the third quarter panel, Midnight Mover advanced again as Shark Week sprinted down the centre of the track. Tin Can Timmy (David Kelly) moved inside on the attack and Matts A Mystician (Nathan Sobey) moved four wide for his bid towards the wire. In a tight finish, Shark Week held on to win by a head in 1:56. Matts A Mystician was second with Tin Can Timmy third and Midnight Mover fourth.
Lorne Duffield and Rod Hennessy co-own the seven-year-old Vertical Horizon-Shark Gone Bad gelding, who won his seventh race from eight starts this year. In his career of 91 starts, Shark Week has posted a record of 55-8-12 with $473,350 banked. He paid $3.10 to win.
To view Saturday's harness racing results, click the following link: Saturday Results - Century Downs.
(Standardbred Canada)