With Mike Forte again at the controls for trainer Elisha
Lafreniere, he sent the veteran 9-year-old Fake Left gelding to the lead from
the three-hole and proceeded to make every pole a winning one.
Racing in front by open lengths throughout most of the mile,
still Imposter A needed a :28.3 final stanza to hold off a menacing Mt
Vernon Hanover, who despite making up almost three lengths from the top
of the stretch still, fell short by a head when the photo finish camera
snapped.
“It seemed we had things well in hand most of the mile but
in the lane Mike (Merton with Mt Vernon Hanover) came charging at us and I had
to urge Imposter to ward off the challenge,” Forte said. “He (Imposter A)
is a gritty old guy and he dug in and we emerged victorious.”
The 1:56.1 triumph by Imposter A is a seasonal mark for the
pacer who’s owned by C&F Associates of Hillsdale, NJ.
With his victory Imposter A joins the California-owned
and Cal Expo- raced , Double Dakota, at the top of the North American
leaderboard.
In other action, newcomer Kevin Switzer, Jr., who was the
leading driver last year in the state of Maine, added another
pair of victories to his seasonal resume as continues to move up on the local
leaderboard. His 36 wins currently rank him fifth.
