White Thunder Runs Second In Finger Lakes Allowance Event

White Thunder, fresh off a third place finish in his previous try at Finger Lakes Racetrack, took second place last Friday in a non winners of two allowance event going a mile and seventy yards.

Ridden once again by Emanuel De Diego, White Thunder was content to sit off the pace set by Wild Hero and Coupon thru the first turn and down the backstretch. As the field made it's way through the final turn, White Thunder made a steady run, taking over the lead at the head of the stretch. He increased his margin gradually through mid stretch, but could not hold off the late run of the eventual winner, Vlast, whose final margin of victory was three quarters of a length.

The final time of 1:48 reflected the beachy and loose conditions of the racetrack, a surface that White Thunder has never been necessarily fond of. He is expected to make his next start in two weeks time against the same group of horses, under the same allowance conditions.