Three-year-old pacing colt Captain Tate extended his win streak to seven while competing against older rivals in the top Winners Over class at Inverness Raceway on Sunday, Aug. 30.
Facing five foes at least three years older, Captain Tate cruised wire-to-wire in the afternoon's $2,000 featured finale for the 1:59.3 victory. He established the lead from post four and set fractions of :31, 1:01.2 and 1:31.2 before building up an insurmountable five-length lead to hold off his competitors in the sprint to the finish. Pocket-chaser Crime Boss (Greg Munro) finished a length behind in second and Hippy John (Carey Romeo) followed in third after a first-up Talk Some Smack (Keigan Madden) levelled off.
After going winless in five freshman starts, the Captain Crunch-Ginger Tree Nina colt has found his groove for local trainer/driver Walter Walker and owner James MacInnis, Halifax, N.S. From 16 sophomore starts this year, Captain Tate now boasts a dozen wins -- a total only eight other horses in North America have topped in 2026.
Captain Tate, who won the Winners Over on Aug. 12 before a pair of victories on Prince Edward Island, paid $2.80 to win in his Inverness return as the 2-5 bettors' choice.
Following the cancellation of the Wednesday, Aug. 26 harness racing card at Inverness due to a power outage, a make-up date has been confirmed for this Wednesday, Sept. 2 with post time at 7 p.m. (ADT).
To view Sunday's harness racing results, click the following link: Sunday Results - Inverness Raceway.
(Standardbred Canada)