Trainer Trevor Williams accounted for half the victories on the 10-race card at the Miami Fair on Saturday (July 17) including a victory in the co-featured $2,000 Fillies & Mares Open Pace with Pure Addition.
Opening the afternoon, Pure Addition toured the track through fractions of :29.4, 1:00.4 and 1:30.3 to hit the beam in 1:59.1 in rein to driver Glenn Le Drew. A Cowboys Dream finished second, beaten 2-1/4 lengths, with Tami Blue another five lengths behind in third. Williams co-owns the five-year-old Riverboat King mare, who won her 14th race from 50 starts and pushed her bankroll to $61,102, with Aurel Vodon. She paid $5.40 to win.
Williams sent the odds-on choice in the following race – the $2,000 Horses & Geldings Open Pace – however team Grundy and Senga Savannah spoiled as the longest shot on the board with a come-from-last victory in the quartet.
Also a five-year-old by Riverboat King, Senga Savannah sat last through a clip of :28.3, :58.2 and 1:27.3 set by Baylor Out and prompted mid-race by first-over pressure from favourite Read The Proposal. Driver Tyler Grundy started reeling in the battling leaders with his gelding off the final turn and rallied to a half-length victory in 1:58.3 over Read The Proposal. Trainer Jacqueline Grundy owns the eight-time winner who has banked $47,294 and paid $24.00 to win.
Most of Williams’ wins came in the second half of the card. He sent Lisplaced ($2.60) to an 11-3/4-length romp before scoring a natural hat trick in the penultimate races on the card, winning with Lilpieceofmyheart ($2.50), Farmerstrikesfame ($2.50) and Bold N Sporty ($2.90).
To view Saturday's harness racing results, click on the following link: Saturday Results - Miami.