Hayes Memorial for 2-year-old pacing colts goes to Fifty Fifty
September 3, 2005,by Harness Racing Communications, a division of the USTA
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Patrick Berry and Fifty-Fifty holds off a breaking Da Boy and Eric Ledford in the Hayes Final for two-year-old colt pacers.
Da Boy was first to the lead, hitting the quarter in :29, followed by Fifty Fifty and Hamlet Blue Chip. Just past the quarter, Ab’s Beach Boy (Tony Morgan), who made a break before the gate and spotted the field about six lengths, rushed from the back of the pack to take the lead down the stretch and had that spot before the :58 half. Going past the three-quarters (1:28) into the final turn, Fifty Fifty was up to challenge on the outside, applying pressure to the leader Ab’s Beach Boy. Fifty Fifty was able to hold the lead through the home stretch for the first win of his career in 1:54.4 by about a length and quarter.