Love Ignites started from post six and led at every call through fractions of :29, :58.4, 1:28.2 and 1:59. The mile time equaled the trotter’s lifetime mark. Love Ignites posted a dominant 5 ½-length margin of victory over his closest competitor, Belle’s Becky (David Lake).
Wednesday’s triumph was the ninth career success for Love Ignites (Sand Vic-Mon Amour Hall-Striking Sahbra) and increased his lifetime earnings to $21,623. He was the race favorite and returned $4.40 to win.