from WFD Media Relations

London, ON — The storylines for this year’s Molson Pace at The Raceway in London got much more interesting over the weekend.

In addition to the appearance of two-time defending champion, and richest pacer of all time, Foiled Again ($4.83 million), the connections of Betterthancheddar have accepted the final invite and the world-class pacer will be making his seasonal debut in the C$150,000 Invitational Pace this Friday night.

The son of Bettor’s Delight, trained by multiple O’Brien Award winner Casie Coleman, is a career winner of $1.57 million with a record of 1:48. Last year, he captured the Des Smith at Rideau Carleton in Ottawa, Ben Franklin in Philadelphia and Bobby Quillen Memorial at Harrington in 1:49.2 — his only half-mile appearance of the season.

The connections of Something For Doc decided to bypass the Molson, so also accepting an invitation to race were the connections of A Rocknroll Dance who finished a strong fourth in the $200,000 Dan Patch Invitational this past Saturday night at Hoosier Park. John Campbell, a native of Ailsa Craig, which neighbors the city of London, is expected to drive the speedy 4-year-old.

“We are really happy with this year’s field. I think there’s a little bit of everything,” said Racing and Gaming Manager Ian Fleming. “When you’ve got world class horses and Mr. Harness Racing (Campbell) here it’s always exciting.”

The post position draw for the Molson Pace took place this afternoon (May 27) at the track. Local CTV sports personality Norm James was the guest draw master. Here is the field in post position order, with listed drivers and trainers.

Post-Horse-Driver-Trainer
1-Foiled Again-Yannick Gingras-Ron Burke
2-Aracache Hanover-Doug McNair-Gregg McNair
3-State Treasurer-Randy Waples-Ian Moore
4-Versado-Scott Zeron-Nick Surick
5-Rock On Moe-Brad Forward-Patrick Shepherd
6-Keystone Velocity-Daniel Dube-Frank Kamine
7-A Rocknroll Dance-John Campbell-Jim Mulinix
8-Betterthancheddar-George Brennan-Casie Coleman

The Raceway is proud to have the Molson Pace as part of this year’s Grand Circuit schedule and it is being raced as an invitational pace for the first time in several years. First post for Friday night’s 12-race program is 7:05 p.m.

For complete details on Molson Pace night, visit www.westernfairdistrict.com.