Thanks to a 60-cent Trifecta Wheel in the Champlain Stakes at Mohawk Racetrack, Rusty Nash was able to eke out a profit of $25.69 for the week to take top weekly honours in HANA Harness’ 2013 Grand Circuit Handicapping Challenge.
The week was so frustrating for the handicapping team that Dennis O’Hara, Richard Scott, and Mark McKelvie managed to claim moral victories by keeping their weekly losses in double digits. The overall standings remain unchanged, leaving Richard Scott in the overall lead with $597.22 separating Scott from the rest of the field.
Key Hits
Garnet Barnsdale - $30 Win in the Muscle Hill at Vernon Downs paid $67.50, $20 Exacta in the second division of the Simcoe at Mohawk paid $76; Ray Garnett - $6 Place in first division of the Champlain Stakes at Mohawk paid $30.60; Mark McKelvie - $20 Win in the Credit Winner at Vernon Downs paid $70; Rusty Nash - $0.60 Trifecta Wheel ($25.20) in the first division of the Champlain Filly Stakes paid $197.25, $12 Place in the first division of the Champlain paid $61.20; Dennis O’Hara - $1 Trifecta Box ($24 total) in the second division of the Reynolds 2yo filly trot at Vernon Downs paid $79.25, $11 Exacta Box ($22) in the Muscle Hill paid $58.30
Contest Schedule This Week
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Mohawk Racetrack
• $700,000 (Est.) Canadian Trotting Classic (3yo Open), $365,000 (Est.) Peaceful Way (2yo Filly Trot), $385,000 (Est.) William Wellwood Memorial (2yo Open Trot)
Tioga Downs
• $65,000 (Est.) Reynolds (2yo Colt and Gelding Pace), $65,000 (Est.) Reynolds (2yo Filly Pace)
(With files from HANA)