It wasn't the storybook ending that everyone had been hoping for, but Foiled Again capped off his illustrious career on Monday night at The Meadows with a fifth-place finish. With Yannick Gingras coming in to drive the gallant 14-year-old son of Dragon Again, Foiled Again left well from the outside post eight and was able to get to the lead passing the 28-second opening quarter.  When he backed down the half to just 57 4/5 over the sloppy going, it looked like the rest of the field would be in trouble, but a first-over Knocking Around (David McNeight III) had different ideas. Knocking Around surged past Foiled Again, who tried his darndest to battle back and repel the challenge, passing the 1:25 three-quarters, and Knocking Around would go on to win the race in 1:53 4/5, giving McNeight III the 1,000th win of his driving career.  Foiled Again just came out on the short end of a three-way photo for third, finishing officially 3 1/2 lengths behind the winner and timed in 1:54 2/5. An emotional farewell, including the pulling of Foiled Again's shoes, occured in the winner's circle after the race, and his connetions commented on some of their favorite Foiled Again memories. "It didn't matter what you did, he just put out every single time like he did tonight," said Gingras.  "Every time he stepped on the racetrack he gave you 150 percent of what he's got." When asked about his favorite race with Foiled Again, Gingras didn't hesitate, saying the 2013 Breeders Crown Open Pace triumph at Pocono headed the list.  "The gate opened up, and we were going as fast as we could go the minute the gate opened," an emotional Gingras recalled.  "They took shots at him, it was a $500,000 race, and the whole race he never got one step of a breather.  Down the stretch there were fresh horses coming at him, but he just refused to lose.  That's my favorite race ever, not even from him but every race." Foiled Again, who was a private purchase by owners Burke Racing Stable LLC., Weaver Bruscemi LLC., and JJK Stables LLC. in March 2009, concluded his career with 109 wins, 70 seconds, and 46 thirds from 331 starts, good for earnings of $7,635,588.  He was bred by Barbara Matthews, sold for $20,000 at the 2005 Standardbred Horse Sale, and started his career in the barn of trainer Hermann Heitmann.  He flashed some talent in the Heitmann barn, most notably winning two legs and finishing second in the final of the 2007 Hopeful Series at Yonkers Raceway, but blossomed as an aged horse after joining the Burke operation. "Everybody else is looking at it different than I do," said trainer Ron Burke.  "This is a great night for me.  Two years ago I said we were going to keep racing this horse, and thank God to him he backed up my mouth and kept going for me.  "(The farewell tour) has been fun.  Everywhere we've been he's well-received.  It's been amazing to me.  I thought it would be well-received, but I never thought it'd be this well-received.  I'd like to thank everybody for coming out." Sylvia Burke represented the ownership group in their comments, saying, "This is just tremendous.  All the people and everybody around, everybody talking about him, and seeing him on television has been tremendous.  You just can't believe how much that horse has done for everybody." All of us at DRF Harness wish Foiled Again a long and healthy retirement, and thanks for the memories.