Twin B Tuffenuff fought off No Plan Intended to win the $10,000 Johnny Conroy Memorial on Friday night (Sept. 9) as those two Invitational pacers took off from the rest of the field in Truro Raceway's fastest mile.
Driven by Gilles Barrieau for trainer Ron Matheson, Twin B Tuffenuff won his Truro debut in 1:50.4, knocking four-fifths of a second off the all-age track record set by Time To Dance in July 2021.
American Risk (Todd Trites) got the first call leaving from post six in the featured finale and opened up a quick three-length lead rounding the first turn. However, 7-5 favourite Twin B Tuffenuff caught up quickly from the inside post and swept by as they hit the quarter in 27 seconds.
Twin B Tuffenuff raced on to the half in :54.4 with a two-length lead over American Risk, with Rotten Ronnie (Redmond Doucet) tucking into third after being parked out early on. Meanwhile, No Plan Intended (David Dowling) launched his attack from the backfield and marched first-up to engage Twin B Tuffenuff down the backstretch.
Those two began to gain separation from the rest of the field battling out front past three-quarters in 1:23 and it turned into a two-horse race in the stretch, where Twin B Tuffenuff toughed it out to win by one length over No Plan Intended. American Risk held on for third over trailing tier starter Time To Dance (Marc Campbell) and Rotten Ronnie, finishing more than 10 lengths behind.
Twin B Tuffenuff notched his fifth win of the season from 22 starts and now has 27 victories lifetime with nearly $620,000 banked in purses.
The seven-year-old son of Rock N Roll Heaven-In The Pink, who won the Gold Cup & Saucer Consolation two starts back (pictured above), was acquired by Patrick Morris of Charlottetown, P.E.I. in May.
He paid $4.80 to win.
On Friday's undercard, Rusty Riley prevailed by a neck in the $2,500 Winners Over Pace, equalling his lifetime mark of 1:54.1 at the age of 11 for trainer/driver Paul Langille. A 39-time winner, the Blissfull Hall gelding shot up the passing lane and bested Privilege (Doucet), Well Did (Barreau) and Mantario (Dowling) in a four-across finish for the 10-1 upset. He is owned by Chantel Langille of Truro, N.S., and Dana Getto of New Waterford, N.S.
To view Friday's harness racing results, click the following link: Friday Results - Truro Raceway.