Northern
Companion rallied in the homestretch to catch and defeat the pace-setting
favorite Sheer Brilliance in Saturday night's $10,000 Open pace at Vernon
Downs.
With
trainer Robert Hoffman at the controls in Saturday's featured second race,
Northern Companion advanced from fifth in the early going to second entering
the final furlong, and then kept digging until he had completed his objective,
posting a 1:52.3 win over a rain-soaked "sloppy" track and a head triumph over
the fan-favorite.
It was
the fifth local score, the 10th this season and the 30th
all-time for the 5-year-old son of Cambest-Smoke It Out, who is owned by
Dorothy Zarza. The hard-earned tally
lifted the bay gelding's lifetime earnings to more than $171,000.
Hoffman
also finished first with the Leopold Sawyers-owned and trained pacer GPS Legacy
in Saturday's 10th event to secure his second two-win outing at the
68-program meeting.
Canadian-horseman
John MacDonald delivered three first-place finishes during Saturday's 13-race
program, while driver Claude Huckabone, III, trainer Edgar Clarke and his
owners, Robert J. Orr and Gary J. Jonas, also enjoyed two trips to the winner's
circle during the soggy evening.
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