Northville, MI — Catch Me Conrad (Lindsay Moen) streaked home to capture the featured $10,800 Open Pace Saturday night at Northville Downs.

Catch Me Conrad reigned supreme on Saturday night with a victory in the feature at Northville Downs. Renae Parsons Photo.

Big Bang Boom (Mac St. Louis Jr.) took up his usual spot on the lead, tripping the beam to the opening quarter in a fast :26.4, a half in :56.4, and three-quarters in 1:25.3, but he could not hold off the closers Jet’s Sureshot (Kody Massey) and Catch Me Conrad who sped by down the lane with the latter getting up at the finish to win by a half of a length in 1:55.3 for driver Moen, who had a driving double on the night, trainer/owner Greg Cook and breeder Michelle Cook.

The win marked the 11th on the season and 38th career victory for Catch Me Conrad who has turned into a real blessing for Greg Cook. Greg has been racing for 51 years. His wife Michelle, who is the listed breeder of Catch Me Conrad, passed away on Christmas Day 2020. ‘Conrad’ is named after Michelle’s Uncle Connie, who is a World War 2 veteran. Connie passed away a year ago. Greg and Michelle raised Conrad and he has blessed the family every time he steps on the racetrack.

Driver Justin Irvine had a driving triple on the night and trainers Karen Tkaczyk, Billy Farmer and Gerald Malady all had training doubles.

Northville Downs will race its next live program Friday, Oct 28th. First race post time remains 7:30 p.m. each night and Northville Downs races each Friday and Saturday night through December 17.