by Keith Gisser

The track was rated good Saturday night at Northfield Park and Daryl Sherman’s Key Western was better, as he vacated the pocket on a late retake and won the $10,000 Invitational Pace with a 1:56 effort.

Kent Sherman trains the 2006 Northfield Park co-Horse-of-the-Year, who posted his first win in six starts this year.

A son of Western Hanover, Key Western was 1/4 length ahead of Perfect Door at the wire, while JT Stena, the longest shot in the race, finished third. Ryan Stahl drove the seven-year-old to victory, one of five wins on the card for the 28-year-old teamster.