Western Victory, in a sterling prep for his upcoming New York Sire Stakes engagements, blazed to a brand-new track record at Scarborough Downs on Saturday, completing the course timed in 1:55.3. The 3-year-old son of Western Terror now holds bragging rights as the fastest colt of his age bracket ever to parade victorious at the Southern Maine harness venue.

Driver/trainer Jimmy Hardy quickly hustled Western Victory to the lead and never looked back as the precocious sophomore extended further on to the lead with each and every stride, pacing a crystal back half of 57.3, en route to a 12-length margin of victory.

“He got a little lazy just past the half,” said driver Hardy. “He thought the race was over, but he went a strong second half for us. We talked about it earlier in the week and we all agreed that if he felt good, we’d take a shot and go for the record today.”

Owned by Joel Wheeler of Pepperell, Massachusetts, Western Victory now heads to the Empire State for an upcoming New York Sire Stakes engagement on June 9th at Monticello Raceway. Saturday’s speedy half-mile track record performance at Scarborough should certainly stand the colt in good stead as he heads west and hopefully to victory, at the half-mile Catskill oval.

Live racing returns to Scarborough Downs on Sunday with a post time of 1:05 pm.