Spring Championship set

The stage has been set for the 19th edition of the Spring Pacing Championship as a full 10-horse field has been drawn to contest the $115,500(C) event Friday evening at Woodbine. Preliminary leg victors Roddys Bags Again, LH Stryker, Holborn Hanover and Tigerama will lead the battle in the night's fifth race.



LH Stryker, a 5-year-old son of Apaches Fame trained by Kyle Reibeling, didn't participate in last week's second leg after he went gate to wire in his opening leg split to win in 1:51.4. Holborn Hanover, a 5-year-old gelded son of Cam's Card Shark, was victorious in the opening leg for trainer Mark Harder before finishing second in last week's prelim. Unlike LH Stryker, Holborn Hanover, a career earner of over $1.3 million in purses, closed hard from off the pace to record a half-length score in 1:52.2.



After missing the opening leg and shipping into the barn of conditioner Joe Stutzman, Roddys Bags Again, a 4-year-old son of Dragon Again, prevailed in his second leg split. The career winner of 13 dashes utilized a quarter-pole move to obtain the lead and didn't look back, recording a 1:50.4 tally. In his second leg division, Tigerama continued to rack up his '06 numbers on the WEG circuit, as he took the wire-to-wire route before stopping the clock in 1:51.2. Trainer Richard Griffiths has had a great deal of success with the 6-year-old son of Village Jiffy over the past two campaigns, and Tigerama will be looking to notch his 41st career victory in the final.



Spring Pacing Championship

Post Position Horse (Driver)

1 Big Bonus (TBA)

2 Roddys Bags Again (Chris Christoforou Jr.)

3 Our Lucky Killean (Jack Moiseyev)

4 LH Stryker (Mario Baillargeon)

5 Whosurboy (Luc Ouellette)

6 Four Starz Sisco (Pat Hudon)

7 Holborn Hanover (Rick Zeron)

8 Primetime Bobcat (Jody Jamieson)

9 Tigerama (Mark MacDonald)

10 Buckeye One (Randy Waples)

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