Bermudian harness driver Kiwon Waldron was back in the sulky at Harrah’s Hoosier Park in Indiana, enduring a night of mixed fortunes across a demanding multi-race card.
Competing against a highly competitive regional field, Waldron’s evening was highlighted by a podium finish in the opening event, though subsequent races proved far more challenging as structural tracking issues cost him positioning in the later trots.
Waldron started his evening in optimum fashion in Race One, competing in the wide-open Pace Class.
Driving Tellit Candy, the Bermudian read the early positioning perfectly, dropping into a handy tracking slot along the rail. As the field turned for home, Waldron found a clean lane to mount a late surge, guiding the pacer across the line to secure a creditable third-place finish in a swift time of 1:54.1.
The remainder of the card moved from pace to trot, where Waldron found the going significantly tougher.
In Race Five, he steered Ima Mess through heavy traffic in the middle tiers. Despite a clean drive, the pair lacked the closing speed required to break into the prize money, crossing the wire in sixth place with a time of 1:58.2.
The pattern repeated itself deep into the night in Race 12. Taking the reins of Momsshowgirl, Waldron attempted to mount a late outside challenge as the pace quickened down the backstretch. However, the front-runners maintained a relentless tempo, leaving Momsshowgirl to settle for another sixth-place finish, stopping the clock in a respectable 1:57.4 to wrap up a grinding night on the Indiana circuit.
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