The betting public was backing Emperor in the Saturday afternoon feature at Exhibition Park Raceway but one of the other entrants decided to 'bugger up' those tickets and dethrone the favourite.
Jeff Lewis pointed Emperor to the position of command in the $1,500 Winners Over feature and fronted the field through fractions of :29.4, :59.3 and 1:29.3 while being pressured by second choice and last week's Winner Over winner Union Man Hanover (John Davidson). Mark Haig was licking his chops as those two pacers waged war in front of him, as he was sitting the pocket with Bugger Max. That front-end war took its toll on the two frontrunners, allowing Haig to get up over Emperor to win by a half-length in 2:00.1. K D Overdrive (Stephen Mason) got up for third.
Owned by trainer Gordon White of Saint John, N.B. along with Dale Orr, Bugger Max picked up his fifth win of the campaign and 29th lifetime to push his bankroll to $127,951.
To view the results from the Saturday card at Exhibition Park, click the following link: Saturday Results - Exhibition Park Raceway.