Harrington: Mack, Columbo honored

As the Harrington Raceway season winds down, end of meet awards commenced Tuesday. George and Tina Dennis' Mack was honored as the United States Harness Writers Association's Delaware Valley Chapter Horse of the Meet.

Trained by the 2022's leading trainer Joe Columbo, Mack, a 5-year-old Mach Three gelding, earned more than any other overnight horse at Harrington with $103,690 banked in 15 starts. His results included five wins, three seconds, and four third-place finishes, despite having post six or worse in more than half of his starts.

Columbo was then awarded the meet's leading trainer for the third time in his career. Columbo has 65 wins, and the had two highest money earners, Mack and Feeling Sweet, a 5-year-old Sweet Lou mare who also surpassed $100,000 pocketed during her 2022 Harrington stint. Chuck Crissman Jr. and Tyler Davis round out the top three in the trainer standings.

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Driver Mike Cole, one of Harrington's leading drivers, was aboard most of the Columbo barn's wins, and they appropriately teamed up for a victory in the sixth race with Western Secret A ($24.40) in 1:54 1/5 in the $15,000 overnight feature.

Montrell Teague had four wins on the card, while Victor Kirby had a hat trick in the first four races. Pat Berry also won three races.

Closing night on Harrington's 76th anniversary season is Wednesday (October 19). Driver Allan Davis maintains a two win lead in the driver standings over Montrell Teague with Art Stafford Jr. close behind.

--press release (Harrington)--