Like A Glove duked it out in another early matchup with co-favourite American Risk and delivered a knockout blow in the third quarter to win this week's Winners Over Handicap Pace on Friday, Aug. 8 at Truro Raceway.
Driven by Noah Whebby, Like A Glove quickly took command from post five with outside starter American Risk and Robert Laffin ranging up to his outside in a :27 first quarter duel of the 8-5 favourites. American Risk eventually backed off and tucked in behind through the next panel, with Like A Glove forging on to the half in :56.4.
Like A Glove then opened up an insurmountable lead on the way to three-quarters in 1:25.3 and kept on going to score in 1:54.3 by 4-3/4 lengths, with American Risk staying for second. Bronx Drifter (Trevin Shive) followed in third, holding off a from-last Bettor On Than Off (Jamie Ramsay Jr.), last week's late-closing winner.
Like A Glove, who was less than a length shy of victory in his last two starts in this class, paid $5.20 to win.
After earning his first career win with Like A Glove in a conditioned race on May 23, Noah Whebby celebrated another first with the pacer as the 27-year-old rookie reinsman won the $2,500 top class for the first time.
Like A Glove is trained by Marc Whebby for owner Wayne Whebby of Dartmouth, N.S.
The four-year-old son of McWicked-Twin B Virtue now sports a seasonal summary reading 3-4-3 in 16 starts and hit the double-digit win mark for his career.
Driver Keith Legge had the hot hands on Friday, winning five of the evening's seven races. The 28-year-old Upper North River, N.S. reinsman swept the early Daily Double with the maiden-breaking two-year-old colt Gotham Knight ($6.50) for trainer Gardner McCallum and seven-year-old pacer Dustylanesebastien ($5.70), who scored his first seasonal win in a 10-1/2-length romp for Cameron MacEachern.
Legge also won back-to-back races with a pair of pacers from the Carrie Saunders stable, four-year-old mare Saulsbrook Feisty ($4.10) and veteran gelding Western Phil ($3.70).
Legge later capped off the card with Play Dew ($3), a four-year-old pacer he co-owns with trainer Stephen MacLeod.
With his five-win performance on Friday, Legge pushed his seasonal win count to 13, surpassing his 10-win totals from his first two seasons in the sulky and shooting up the 2025 Truro driver standings to tie Kenny Parker Jr. in third, just one win behind current runner-up Robert Laffin and four off meet leader Darren Crowe.
To view Friday's harness racing results, click the following link: Friday Results - Truro Raceway.
(Standardbred Canada)