War Of Will seals MacDonald's big night

War Of Will (John MacDonald) captures the $7,500 featured pace at Vernon Downs on Saturday (November 7).

Fear Romeo (Rock Vinci) went straight to the front and was first to the quarter in :28.0.  Airborne Spark (Leon Bailey) forged to the front and led to the half in :57.1.  As they went around the final turn Fear Romeo popped out of the pocket and reclaimed the lead. getting to three quarters first in 1:25.1.

As they headed down the stretch War Of Will ($10.04) came flying three-wide to take control and win easily in 1:53.2.  Gold Star Sven (Steeven Genois) showed late pace to finish second.  Merrow (Chris Long) was third best.

WAR OF WILL REPLAY

War Of Will is a 7-year-old gelding by Captaintreacherous.  He is owned by trainer MacDonald along with Speed To Burn Racing and Michael Kessler.  It was his seventh win this season and his 26th career victory.

Leading driver Leon Bailey had a grand slam.  John MacDonald had a driving-training triple.  Dylan Huckabone-Miller had a driving triple.  David Dewhurst had a training double and with one weekend to go leads all trainers with 39 wins.  Gary Gibson is just one behind with 38 while Michelle Warner is just two away with 36 tallies.

Vernon Downs returns to live racing on Friday (November 13) with a post time of 5:05 p.m.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by John Horne, for Vernon Downs