Love Your Work A survived a first-over journey to pull off a 15-1 upset in the $20,833 Open II Handicap Pace featured on the Tuesday, Sept. 16 harness racing program at Running Aces.
Sneaky Hill (Brady Jenson) was sent off as the 2-1 post time favourite while The Blood Bay Colt (Dean Magee) had lots of pari-mutuel support at 5-2 and Macs Marvel (Williams Hernandez) was also shown respect as the public’s 4-1 third pick.
Cold Creek Felipe (Scott Cisco) and Dont Judge A Book (Billy Mann) were the fastest off the car and battled for the top through the :27.2 opening stanza while Sneaky Hill dropped in third and Macs Marvel was outside in fourth.
Macs Marvel took command just before the :56.2 half-mile point while Love Your Work A and trainer/driver Brian Detgen began a first-over attack, which prompted both The Blood Bay Colt and Rockme Rollme (Rick Magee) to join the outer flow.
Macs Marvel was still well in control on the far turn and posted three panels in 1:25 with Love Your Work A applying moderate pressure and Tankalicious (Luke Plano) winding up from the back of the pack.
In the homestretch, Macs Marvel dug in while Love Your Work A and The Blood Bay Colt both loomed outside of the leader. Inside the final sixteenth of a mile, Love Your Work A found another gear and lunged at the leader in the final strides to get up by a nose over Macs Marvel in 1:53.4 with Tankalicious edging out The Blood Bay Colt 1-1/4 lengths behind to complete the trifecta.
Love Your Work A paid $33.60 for the upset win.
Detgen shares ownership of the eight-year-old Western Terror-Billabong Girl gelding with Sarah Solheid of Ham Lake, Minnesota. Love Your Work A now has seven wins this season in 28 starts and 29 career victories with total earnings of $234,277.
Live harness racing returns to Running Aces on Friday, Sept. 19 to kick off closing weekend for the 2025 season. Friday offers a 10-race program that will feature three Open events as well as four Minnesota Consolation races. Saturday night is the Minnesota Night of Champions with 12 dashes. Post time for both nights is set for 6 p.m. (CDT).
(With files from Running Aces)