Journeyman Wins Middle Ground Mile

Last weekend in North Dakota was the running of the Middle Ground Mile for three year olds and up. As expected the rain subsided but the skies remained cloudy enough to leave the track slightly off, as it went off listed as good on race day Saturday. The full field loaded easily into the starting gate, awiting the bell to sound and for the fourteeen entrants to come charging out of the gates.

Out to a very early lead by one-fourth of a length was thebear20 owned Crown Me King . Just behind in second was King Of Dance owned and trined by coolk . Charging behind in third is Uncle Rico trained by pbcash . In fourth and fifth were Caer To Dance and Arno Hollandia triained by beefcake10 and tote respectfully. Trailing behind the pack early on in the race was Sagatector (FR) owned by ruby9 .

At the second call it was still Crown Me King in the lead, now by a half a length with King Of Dance and Uncle Rico still in second and third, as were Caer To Dance and Arno Hollandia in fourth and fifth. Upper Management owned by slowhand had moved up slowly from night to eighth, with general trained General K. Mambo now dropping back into the ninth spot. Still traling the pack early on was Sagatector (FR) .

Now it was Corwn Me King still in the lead but now only by a head with King Of Dance right there with him. Uncle Rico had faded back to fourth with Arno Hollandia gaining the third place position. Mountain Dance owned by hayoulost now moved up into fifth. Scotian Kid trianed by dougiec5 moved up into sixth position with Upper Management still gaining ground and now just behind in seventh. Also gaining ground rapidy was Crafy Victory and Journeyman owned and trained by funster and kiri respectfully. Caer To Dance had fallen back dramatically and was now stuggling in tenth, Clan Of The Cat had just moved up into eleventh, trained by slowracers . General K. Mambo was now in twelth with Sagatector (FR) mobing up into the lucky thirtheenth slot. Now it was Cat Of The Tail trained by graywolf3 trailing the rest of the field.

At last the fourteen horses came charging for home, just strides from the wire. It was a remarkable late closing finish from Journeyman that earned him the win by two lengths over the rest of the field. In second came Arno Hollandia followed by Clan Of The Cat in third.

Also rans include: Crafty Victory, Mountain Dance, Scotian Kid, Upper Management, King Of Dance, Crown Me King, Uncle Rico, Sagatector (FR), Caer To Dance, General K. Mambo, and Cat Of The Tail .