The Sunday afternoon program at Harrah’s Chester Racetrack was the scene of Auckland Reactor’s second North American start, and there was a major change in
tactics employed in today’s tilt.
After coming first-over and fading to finish sixth in a $32,000 assignment at the Meadowlands, Auckland Reactor N was pointed to the front and rolled through fractions of :26.3, :54.1 and 1:21.3 in today’s follow-up effort.
The six-year-old son of Mach Three, in rein to Yannick Gingras, gave way coming off the final turn and saw three horses go by him en route to a fourth-place finish in the $32,000 Open Pace.
Blatantly Good, the winner of this year’s $115,000 Presidential Series at the Meadowlands, picked up the win in 1:49.4 for driver Richie Silverman over Western Shore and Atochia.