Rooney Wins Half Of Hiawatha Card

Published: July 9, 2017 03:20 am EDT

Driver Garrett Rooney added to his meet-leading win total at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday night (July 9) with victories in half of the evening's 10 races.

Rooney started the night with a win in the opener aboard the maiden-breaking five-year-old mare Mystery Midnight ($12.60) for the Kris Haskell stable. He later won back-to-back races starting in the fourth with 11-year-old pacer Justalittleluck ($11.30) for trainer Dennis Morrissey and the Jerry Sims-trained mare Addicted To Love ($3.30). Rooney also drove Keith Cullen's 11-year-old pacer Evening Job ($3.90) to an eighth race triumph followed by a win with Bill Hamm's homebred mare Insincerity ($4) in the ninth.

Rooney now has 26 victories on the year at Hiawatha and holds a 15-win lead over Alex Lilley, who sits second in the standings followed by Tyler Borth with 10 wins.

To view Saturday's harness racing results, click on the following link: Saturday Results - Hiawatha Horse Park.

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