Patterson's Consecutive Win Streak Ends At 16

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Trainer Kevin Patterson's consecutive win streak ended at 16 races on Tuesday night when Wolfblade (Midshipman) ran third in the eighth race at Mountaineer Park.

Saddling 16 straight winners is believed to be a North American training record. The previously recognized mark of 14 consecutive wins was established by the late Frank Passero at Gulfstream Park in 1996. Before that, four other trainers were known to have racked up nine straight wins.

Wolfblade, ironically, was the horse who started Patterson's streak back on May 31. The filly had already repeated June 22 to be number eight in the 16-victory parade.

Sent off as the 7-2 third choice in Tuesday's betting, Wolfblade was also the longest-odds starter among Patterson's 16 winners, several of which had gone to post at as low as 1-5 and 1-10 odds.

All of Patterson's winners in the streak came at either Charles Town (11) or Mountaineer (five).

Patterson's 2019 win percentage is an eye-popping 42% from 79 starters. For perspective, of the 92 trainers on the continent who have a higher win percentage than Patterson this year, only three of them have started more than 10 horses, and none has saddled more than 17 starters.

Patterson, who has a private farm and training track in Pennsylvania, competes primarily in West Virginia with the backing of owner Robert Cole, Jr., whose horses accounted for 11 of the streak's wins. The two are known as an aggressive claiming outfit with an emphasis on speed-oriented horses.

Patterson still has another streak going: His horses have not finished out of the money in 22 consecutive races dating back to May 18.

 

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