Freehold, NJ — After trying to come from behind in his recent starts Dave Offenberg put Fiji on the engine and went down the road taking no prisoners and scored a wire to wire 1:57.2 triumph in the American Harness Drivers Club trot at Freehold Raceway Saturday (March 20).

“I had the rail (pole position) and saw no early speed so I sent Fiji immediately to the front and in doing so kept Levitation and Chip Allen on the limb as we trotted by the quarter in :28.1.And once Allen found a hole we were all alone on the lead, ” Offenberg said.

Offenberg kept the pedal to the metal and Fiji was three lengths in front of Levitation when they passed the half in :57 as the betting favorite, Allindotime (Joe Lee), began moving up. Still Fiji and Levitation were one-two by the three quarters in 1:26.4. As they headed for paydirt Fiji still showed the way and went on to a length triumph over Allindotime as the final timer flashed 1:57.2. Masster Blue and Tony Verruso rallied for the show dough.

“Fiji likes to be on the front-end and today he raced real game once on top,” Offenberg offered, and then added, “when he wants to do it he’s tough to beat,and today he wanted to do it.”

Owned by Offenberg’s Allister Stables and trained by Noel Daley, Fiji paid $10.60 for win.