We Will See wins $500,000 Ben Franklin pace final

We Will See and driver Ron Pierce rallied from third place at the top of the stretch Sunday to win the $500,000 Ben Franklin for older pacers final by three-quarters of a length over Bettor Sweet at Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack. The time for the mile was 1 minute, 48.4 seconds.

Bettor Sweet, who was the early pacesetter from the first post, held on for second place. Aracache Hanover finished third.

"It couldn't have worked out any better," Pierce said. "We had a great horse inside of us [Bettor Sweet] that could leave fast, and luckily for me nobody on the outside left hard or they could have gotten between me and him. As it turned out, I just sat on his back and followed Bettor Sweet until the passing lane. I came up the passing lane and got by them."

We Will See, sent off as the 5-2 favorite from post 2, won for the fourth time in 11 races this year and increased his earnings to $414,550 for trainer Sam DePinto and owners Shannon DePinto, Earl Smith, and Jerry Silva. A 4-year-old, We Will See has won 12 career races and earned $1.28 million.

"Sam DePinto has done a great job with this horse," Pierce said. "He's just flawless. He knows his job, and he knows how to do it."

We Will See paid $7.80, $3.60, and $2.60.