Vadheim ($50.60), one of three maidens entered, held off graded-stakes-placed Sky Cape to win Friday's $52,975 Harvest Futurity at the Big Fresno Fair.
Third in his Sept. 7 debut at Bay Meadows in a $50,000 maiden claimer and then fourth in a straight maiden race Sept. 29, Vadheim assumed a nice stalking position behind pacesetting Run Brother Ron and Whatever Whenever early. He was shuffled back to fourth at the quarter pole, swung three wide, and then finished strongly.