Scorpion Moondelivered on his odds-on promise to the Rockingham Park faithful earlier this afternoon in the $50,000 Joseph Carney Memorial Trot at Rockingham Park.
Driver Jonathan Roberts confidently let the field of nine settle into the first turn and then Scorpion Moon surged to the lead while rattling off fractions of :28, :57.3, and 1:27.1
When Roberts called on the seven-year-old gelding at the three-quarter pole, Scorpion Moon answered decisively to trot home in 1:55.2 while finishing more than lengths ahead of Stiletto. Bo Didley N rounded out the top three.
"It took him a little bit to get to the lead," said Tracy Brainard, who trains Scorpion Moon and co-owns him with Andrew Herzog. "He was pressed for the whole mile but he raced really tough. He's a great horse."
Scorpion Moon, an Ohio-bred son of Armbro Scorpion, was claimed for just $15,000 at Saratoga Raceway in February of 2007 by his current owners. He upped his lifetime earnings to $417,970 with the winner's share of the purse. The victory was the 51st of his career.
(Rockingham Park)