While they changed the name of the Molson Pace to the Camluck Classic for 2018, that is unlikely to stop Bit Of A Legend N in his quest to capture the trophy for the second consecutive year. The 9-year-old Down Under import by North American sire Bettor’s Delight is certainly one of the horses to beat in the C$150,000 Invitational on Western Fair’s Saturday night card. Bit Of A Legend N has been something of a half-mile specialist during his North American career. His stakes wins over the smaller ovals include the Molson, Gerrity at Saratoga, Quillen at Harrington and Levy at Yonkers since coming to America in 2016. The Peter Tritton-trained Bit Of A Legend N enters the Camluck off a trio of second-place finishes as the victim of difficult trips. He closed from third over to be second in the $532,000 Levy final on April 21 and was stuck behind bad cover last time out. “He came a back half in 54 seconds. I think it was Killer Martini in front of us and he kind of clogged up the flow a little bit,” said regular driver Jordan Stratton about the May 12 mile at Yonkers. “If I was sitting on Brian’s (Sears, driving winner Evenin Of Pleasure) back, he probably would’ve been right there on the wire. “If the trips were flip-flopped, I guarantee there would’ve been a different outcome.” According to Stratton, Bit Of A Legend is as sharp or sharper than he was last year at this time and he’ll need to be on his best game to score from the second-tier in the eight-horse field. “It really ruined my day when I saw the draw and I walked in with my head down before someone told me that he was a trailer,” said Stratton, who momentarily thought he was starting from the far outside of the gate. “I drove there last year and I had post one. I knew there was a trailer but I guess it kind of left my mind that post eight was the second tier.” Starting from the second flight could cause some troubles for Bit Of A Legend N considering the amount of talented early speed types starting from the middle to outside part of the gate. Rockin Ron has done quite well on half-mile tracks and is coming off of back to back wire-to-wire wins. He starts from post four. Evenin Of Pleasure is known for his blistering turn off speed off the gate and comes into Saturday’s race off a pair of wins of his own, including against Bit Of A Legend N. He starts from post six. The field also contains Easy Lover Hanover, a three-time winner in four starts in the top class at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and Dr J Hanover, the fastest horse in the history of Canada. The have posts five and seven, respectively. Despite the uncertainty of starting behind pole-sitter Sunfire Blue Chip or one of the other inside horses – Isitfridayyet in post two or Killer Martini in post three – Stratton remains confident. “If I can get a clear run and a good trip, I’m 100% confident. If I can get a good trip, I think he’ll win,” said Stratton. The Camluck Classic closes out a 12-race card at Western Fair which gets underway at 6:55 p.m. and includes two C$94,000 divisions of O.S.S. Gold races for 3-year-old pacing fillies and finals of the City of London series. Race 12 - $150,000 Camluck Classic 1 Sunfire Blue Chip - Trevor Henry 9-2 2 Isitfridayyet - Alfie Carroll 8-1 3 Killer Martini - Scott Coulter 10-1 4 Rockin Ron - Louis Roy 5-2 5 Easy Lover Hanover - Doug McNair 7-2 6 Evenin Of Pleasure - Joe Bongiorno 4-1 7 Dr J Hanover - James MacDonald 8-1 8 Bit Of A Legend N - Jordan Stratton 2-1 #8 starts from the second tier