by Ayers Ratliff, for Northfield Park
Northfield, OH — Moreland Flash paced home for his 50th career victory, winning the 15th race at Northfield Park on Wednesday (Oct. 19).
JJ Zamaiko photo
Moreland Flash and Hunter Myers won Northfield Park’s 15th race on Wednesday. It was the 10-year-old gelding’s 50th career win.
The 10-year-old veteran, with 244 career starts, also has 25 seconds and 26 third-place finishes.
Moreland Flash (Memphis Flash-Carols Cliff) has career earnings of $147,880 with a lifetime mark of 1:51.4 over Northfield’s Flying Turns at age seven. The pacer’s richest win was in the $8,200 Billy Dart Series at Scioto Downs in 2009.
Moreland Flash is a well-traveled campaigner — his 50 wins have been spread across eight different racing surfaces.
Moreland Flash started from the rail. He led his competition at every call through fractions of :27.2, :57, 1:25.4 and 1:55.1. He never experienced an anxious moment in the race and bested his competition by 5-3/4 lengths. He was the race favorite and returned $3.60 to win.
Amy Wengerd trains Moreland Flash for owner Andrew Coblentz of Wooster, Ohio. Hunter Myers was in the sulky for the winning drive.