In May, Trevor Henry secured his spot at the top of Grand River Raceway’s driver colony when he scored five winners from seven drives.
Then on June 11 he was back at it, securing six winners on the 12-race card. A natural hat trick starting in race three kicked off Henry’s six-pack. He steered War Boots to his 37th career win for trainer Joe Pereira and John Mehlenbacher.
In the next dash, The Ladies Man won his second race of the season with Henry at the helm for trainer Jim Ritchie who co-owns with Paul Ritchie and Murray Cox. The win pushed the pacer’s earnings over $250,000.
Sharelife was a four-length gate-to-wire winner for Henry in race five. It was the pacer’s second consecutive win for Wayne Preszcator who co-owns with John Kodric and Garry Law.
Gregg McNair trainee Sixty Degree Club was Henry’s next victory when he clocked in at 1:57.1 for his second of the year for owner Paula Parker.
Prime Time Poppa was the first of back-to-back wins with a four-length romp in 1:58.1 for Joyce Taylor and trainer Paul Taylor.
Henry capped off his spree in the feature race, the $11,000 Preferred number 2, with Acceptable Risk.
Bettors let the 2011 Pacer Of The Year (at Grand River) float to 6-1. Despite a bump up in class after last week’s win, the Intrepid Seelster son hung on to win by a nose over fast-closing Stolen Car (Aaron Byron) in 1:55.3. Button Up was third.
Acceptable Risk is owned by David Morrissey, Dan McCann and William Woodburn. The nine-year-old pacer is a winner of 52 races and $741,000.
Henry, 41, is a career winner of 4,261 races, with purse earnings in excess of $27 million. The Arthur resident has amassed 196 wins this season, is currently the second leading driver in Canada (for wins), and leads the driver standings at Grand River Raceway with 32 wins in 14 race days of the 2012 season.
