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Coming off a world-record performance in her previous race, Emoticon Hanover just missed adding her name to the record book again...read on
4 åriga & äldre ston 1.609 m auto Purse: $120 500 (60,250 - 30,125 - 14,460 - 9,640 - 6,025)
RACE 5 - Delaware - OH - September 21, 2022
Conditions: MS. VERSATILITY FINAL
Gait: Trot Purse: $120,500 Class: MsVERSAF Distance: 1 Mile Track Cond: FAST | Sta | Häst | Kön | Kusk | Tränare | Rek | Intj | Far | Mor | Morfar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAPRICE HILL | s4 | Yannick Gingras | Tony Alagna | 10,0 | 1 087 259 | KADABRA | BRAMASOLE | MUSCLES YANKEE |
| 2 | BARN GIRL | s5 | Aaron Merriman | William Bercury | 10,6 | 513 508 | CASH HALL | TURQUOISE SWEETIE | DREAM VACATION |
| 3 | P L JILL | s4 | Corey Callahan | Renaldo Morales III | 10,0 | 96 389 | KADABRA | FRIDAY'S GEM | KEYSTONE NORDIC |
| 4 | SIDE BET HANOVER | s4 | David Miller | Jonas Czernyson | 10,4 | 220 006 | DONATO HANOVER - | SEA LEVEL HANOVER | MUSCLES YANKEE |
| 5 | EMOTICON HANOVER | s4 | Daniel Dube | Luc Blais | 10,4 | 813 552 | KADABRA | EMMYLOU WHO | KEN WARKENTIN |
HN Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Str Finish Actual LQ Odds
5 Emoticon Hanover 5 1°/1 1/1 1/1Q 1/3H 1/5 1:52.0 28.2 *0.70
1 Caprice Hill 1 2/1 2/1 2/1Q 2/3H 2/5 1:53.0 29.1 1.60
2 Barn Girl 2 3/2 3/2 3°/2 3/4H 3/6H 1:53.1 29.1 10.10
4 Side Bet Hanover 4 4/4 4/3 4/3 4/4H 4/11 1:54.1 30.0 13.20
3 P L Jill X3X 5/DIS 5/DIS 5/DIS 5/DIS 5/33 1:58.3g 7.70 1st Emoticon Hanover (4, M Kadabra - Emmylou Who - Ken Warkentin)
Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Determination - QC
Breeder(s): Linda Wellwood - ON, Tammy Aspden - ON, Anne Shunock - ON, Diane Ingham - ON
2nd Caprice Hill (4, M Kadabra - Bramasole - Muscles Yankee)
Registered Owner(s): Tom Hill - UK
Breeder(s): Hanover Shoe Farms Inc - PA
3rd Barn Girl (5, M Cash Hall - Turquoise Sweetie - Dream Vacation)
Registered Owner(s): Renee Bercury - PA
Breeder(s): Morrisville Col Fdn Inc - NY Coming off a world-record performance in her previous race, Emoticon Hanover just missed adding her name to the record book again.
| USTA/Mark Hall photo |
| Emoticon Hanover was a 1:52 winner in the Miss Versatility final. |
Caprice Hill was second to Emoticon Hanover and Barn Girl was third.
A 4-year-old mare, Emoticon Hanover and driver Dan Dube were pushed to an opening quarter-mile of :26.4 by Caprice Hill as the two horses matched strides around the first turn. But Emoticon Hanover, who started from post No. 5 in the five-horse field, was never threatened again after securing the lead entering the backstretch.
She reached the half in :55.1 and three-quarters in 1:23.3 on her way to the five-length win.
In her previous start at Tioga Downs, Emoticon Hanover won the Joie De Vie in 1:50.2, the fastest mile ever by a 4-year-old female trotter on a five-eighths-mile track.
“Right now she’s in very good shape,” said Dube, who won the 2007 Miss Versatility with Mystical Sunshine. “She did that very easy. She’s strong. It’s just nice to drive her.”
Emoticon Hanover, a daughter of Kadabra out of the mare Emmylou Who, is trained by Luc Blais for owner Serge Godin’s Determination stable of Montreal. She has won three of 10 races this year and 14 of 35 in her career, good for earnings of $873,802.
She won last year’s Ontario Sire Stakes championship and was second to Broadway Donna in the Breeders Crown.
Emoticon Hanover was the 3-5 favorite and paid $3.40 to win.
"Luc has always tried to space her starts this year a couple weeks apart," said Dube. "I think it really helps her to remain strong and to be so competitive with older mares as a 4-year-old.
"Another reason Luc likes to space her starts is because she tends to get really nervous before her races. She is absolutely perfect to drive and she only is like that before her races.
"Luc also wants to continue to race her as an older horse and that is why he manages her the way he does."
-- Kim French also contributed to this report
“MISS VERSATILITY”Event 7 – Trot – Mares Open Final Thursday, September 21, 2022 (Delaware, Ohio)—$100,000E Leg Purses—$40,000/$30,000 DIV Leg 1: Monday, May 22 at Mohawk Leg 2: Saturday, July 15 at The Meadowlands Leg 3: Sunday, August 20 at Tioga Downs Leg 4: Friday, September 8 at The Meadowlands
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