Tainsh Achieves Milestone; Sixdaysontheroad Shines

Driver Bill Tainsh, Jr. engineered a winning trip aboard G Ts Triple J in the eighth race at Grande Prairie on Saturday night and in the process the resident of Edmonton, Alta. earned his 2,000th career win

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Tainsh entered Saturday’s program needing only one win to reach the milestone and he took G Ts Triple J, a six-time winner with over $200,000 earned, straight to the front of the field to get the job done. The four-year-old son of As Promised-G Ts Adam Rickles prevailed by three lengths in 1:57.2 for trainer Gerald McGinn, who owns and bred the gelding with Marjorie and Terry McGinn of Stony Plain, Alta.

Tainsh added one more victory to his record in the following race with the Lance Ward-trained Neal Diamonique (1:55). The veteran reinsman now sports 2,001 lifetime wins with over $12.7 million in earnings.

In other action, Sixdaysontheroad extended his win streak to five and matched the track record set by Wrangler Hitech on July 11 for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings with his 1:55.4 triumph in the seventh race for trainer/driver Ron Graham and owner Walter Moroz of Edmonton, Alta.

The Allamerican Native-Resume Speed colt used the inside post to his advantage and set up shop on the front end. Sixdaysontheroad led the field of seven through panels of :29.2, :58.4 and 1:27.1 en route to a two-length score over Cardiff Hanover (Mike Hennessy) and Wrangler Payday (Tainsh).

Sixdaysontheroad is now five-for-five in 2009 with $11,400 earned. The bay colt sports a record reading 7-2-0 in 10 lifetime starts with $16,750 in the bank.

Soon-to-be Hall of Famer Keith Clark also enjoyed a productive evening scoring a training triple on the 11-race card with track record holder Double L Hot Trap (2:02.1), Laughs Last (1:59.2) and Shouldabeensam (1:58.4).

To view Saturday’s harness racing results, click here.