Elegantimage Elimination 090619

1 1-Windsong Soprano 3.20 2.20 2.10 25045 2-Raising Rachel 2.50 2.10 7882 7-Jersey As 3.30 4363 EXACTOR (1-2) paid 6.30, pool 24621 TRIACTOR (1-2-7) paid 25.80, pool 28599 1 MILE, TROT, PURSE $35,000. D-ELEGANTIMAGE STAKES - ELIMINATION - 3 YEAR OLD FILLIES. STARTING FEE $3,500 CDN $3,250 U.S. Last Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 1 Windsong Soprano 1 2@/1 1/2 1/3 1/2H 1/T 1:55.1 28 S Condren 0.60* R Mcintosh 2 Raising Rachel 2 3/4Q 3/3T 2/3 2/2H 2/T 1:55.2 27.3 J Moiseyev 2.70 J Kopas 7 Jersey As 7 7/11T 6@/9 6@@/9H 4/9Q 3/5T 1:56.2 27.2 T Ritchie 12.25 A Lorentzon 3 Nessa Rose 3 4/7Q 4/5H 5@/8Q 3/8T 4/5T 1:56.2 27.3 L Ouellette 83.95 D Ater 5 Graceful Sister 5 1/1 2/2 4/7 5/9H 5/8T 1:57 28.2 Ri Zeron 51.10 N Parker 4 Sos Respect 4 5/9H 5/7Q 3@/6 X6/16 6/25 2:00.1 31.4 S Filion 47.90 K Oreilly 6 Seaside 6 X6@/11T 7/30 7/26 7/24 7/25 2:00.1 27.4 J Jamieson 4.15 J Czernyson Time: 28.1, 58.1, 1:27.1, 1:55.1 (Temperature: 17, Condition: FT, Variant: 0) Judges List: Seaside-BREAKS 1st Windsong Soprano (b,f,3 - Windsongs Legacy-Muscling In-Muscles Yankee) Owner: Lothlorien,Cheltenham,ON 2nd Raising Rachel (b,f,3 - Yankee Glide-Raising The Bar-Angus Hall) Owner: Melvin Hartman,Ottawa,ON-Estate Of George F Hempt Trust,Camp Hill,PA-KR Stable,Milton-Douglas W Millard,Woodstock,ON 3rd Jersey As (br,f,3 - Muscles Yankee-Superlou As-Super Bowl) Owner: Acl Stuteri Ab,Paris,KY 3 4-Celebrity Juliet 6.30 3.40 2.90 24898 7-Selfish Princess 5.30 3.60 7745 1-Keep The Spirit 5.80 3893 EXACTOR (4-7) paid 28.60, pool 26358 TRIACTOR (4-7-1) paid 184.10, pool 33465 WIN THREE (1-6-4) paid 47.70, pool 7444 1 MILE, TROT, PURSE $35,000. D-ELEGANTIMAGE STAKES - ELIMINATION - 3 YEAR OLD FILLIES. STARTING FEE $3,500 CDN $3,250 U.S. Last Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 4 Celebrity Juliet 4 6/8T 6@/10T 5@/4 3/1T 1/NK 1:55.4 27.3 T Ritchie 2.15 S Lind 7 Selfish Princess 7 4@/4 5@/9 2@/T 1/1H 2/NK 1:55.4 28.1 S Filion 5.55 C Milner 1 Keep The Spirit 1 5/5 4/7 6/5H 6/5Q 3/2 1:56.1 27.4 Ra Waples 21.40 S Weber 2 Yursa Hanover 2 3@/2H 1/1H 1/T 2/1H 4/3Q 1:56.2 29 Ri Zeron 0.80* N Bardier Jr 5 Alliance Duharas 5 7/10Q 7/12 7@/6Q 5/4T 5/3T 1:56.3 28 M Camirand 79.40 M Camirand 8 Get Chipped 8 1/1H 2/1H 3/1H 4/2T 6/3T 1:56.3 29 C Norris 30.80 M Wollam 6 Missys Doubt Fire 6 2/1H 3/3H 4/3T 7/5H 7/4Q 1:56.3 28.2 P Macdonell 9.90 J Takter 3 Sea Raven 3 X8/12T 8/28 8/23 8/25T 8/26 2:01 29 L Ouellette 66.80 K Gannon Time: 29, 58.1, 1:27.2, 1:55.4 (Temperature: 17, Condition: FT, Variant: 0) Judges List: Sea Raven-BREAKS 1st Celebrity Juliet (b,f,3 - Cantab Hall-Naked Lyric-Yankee Glide) Owner: Celebrity Farms,New York,NY 2nd Selfish Princess (b,f,3 - Self Possessed-Gold Medalist-Donerail) Owner: Chad T Milner,Denfield,ON-Deena Rachel Frost,Delray Beach,FL 3rd Keep The Spirit (b,f,3 - Revenue S-Great Expectations-Garland Lobell) Owner: Thomas A & Elizabeth C Rankin,St Catharines,ON

4 5-Elusive Desire 5.10 3.40 2.50 28879 2-Celebrity Deville 4.00 3.40 10424 4-Kandor Hanover 3.30 4862 EXACTOR (5-2) paid 24.10, pool 29926 TRIACTOR (5-2-4) paid 64.70, pool 33007 WIN THREE (6-4-5) paid 82.60, pool 3371 1 MILE, TROT, PURSE $35,000. D-ELEGANTIMAGE STAKES - ELIMINATION - 3 YEAR OLD FILLIES. STARTING FEE $3,500 CDN $3,250 U.S. Last Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 5 Elusive Desire 5 4/6Q 1@/1Q 1/1Q 1/2Q 1/Q 1:54.3 28 P Macdonell 1.55* M Keeling 2 Celebrity Deville 2 2/1Q 2/1Q 3/1T 2/2Q 2/Q 1:54.3 27.3 T Ritchie 4.05 S Lind 4 Kandor Hanover 4 6/10 6@/9T 5@@/5Q 3/3H 3/4Q 1:55.2 27.4 Ra Waples 2.30 J Burns 3 Margarita Mary 3 3/3H 4/6Q 4@/3T 4/4 4/4H 1:55.2 28 Ri Zeron 62.80 S Elliott 7 Miss Vickie 7 8/14 8/14Q 6/5T 6/6Q 5/4T 1:55.3 27.4 S Condren 5.60 R Taylor 6 Mystic River 6 7/11T 7@/11T 7@/8 7/7H 6/7T 1:56.1 28 S Filion 12.85 K Oreilly 8 Friendly Amigo 8 1/1Q 3/3Q 2@/1Q 5/4H 7/14Q 1:57.2 30.3 B Burgess 25.35 B Burgess 1 Keystone Betty 1 5/8 5@/7T X8@/9Q 8/30 8/DIS J Moiseyev 22.05 J Kopas Time: 27.4, 57.2, 1:26.3, 1:54.3 (Temperature: 17, Condition: FT, Variant: 0) 1st Elusive Desire (b,f,3 - Angus Hall-Valley Amber-Valley Victory) Owner: P C Wellwood Enterprises Inc,Cambridge-H Charles Armstrong,Brampton-Robert E Fasken,Oakville,ON 2nd Celebrity Deville (br,f,3 - Andover Hall-Bambino Lau-A Go Go Lauxmont) Owner: Celebrity Farms,New York,NY 3rd Kandor Hanover (b,f,3 - Tagliabue-Katelyns Glory-Dream Of Glory) Owner: Online Stables-John W Burns,Mississauga,ON-J Patrick Huber,Lima,OH

Race No. 1 was the first Elegantimage elim, which pitted 3-5 favourite Windsong Soprano against Raising Rachel once the other favoured lass, Seaside (Jody Jamieson) made an early break to take herself out of contention. Steve Condren sent Windsong Soprano promptly to the front to take over from Graceful Sister (Rick Zeron) before the half in :58.1, while Raising Rachel (Jack Moiseyev) rode along comfortably in third. Graceful Sister yielded to Raising Rachel as the field entered the far turn, but Rachel had quite a bit of work to do on the front end with Windsong Soprano having opened up a five-length lead by that point. Through the stretch, Raising Rachel chipped away at that lead, but couldn�t pass her rival, with Windsong Soprano stopping the timers in 1:55.1 three-quarters of a length to the good.

In a photo, Jersey AS (Trevor Ritchie) was awarded third money over Nessa Rose (Luc
Ouellette).

Windsong Soprano, a daughter of Windsongs Legacy, is now three-for-three this season for trainer Bob McIntosh and Lothlorien Farm of Cheltenham, Ont. The effort boosted her bankroll past the $400,000 mark and gives her connections the advantage of choosing her post position for the final.

�She can be a little rambunctious sometimes, so we�re trying to teach [Windsong Soprano] that when I press the button, I want her to go, not when she wants to press the button,� said Condren. �She�s better chasing, but she came home a good last quarter and I just had to ask her to keep her mind on what she was doing.�

In the second Elegantimage elim (Race 3), favoured Yursa Hanover and Rick Zeron took command from longshot Get Chipped (with Pennsylvania pilot, Charlie Norris) just past a :29.0 first quarter, with Celebrity Juliet and Trevor Ritchie well back in sixth. Selfish Princess and Sylvain Filion gave chase, and managed to collar Yursa Hanover as the field passed the three-quarter mile marker in 1:27.2, but she herself was then
collared by a hustling Celebrity Juliet coming second-over from the backfield in the final strides, finishing in 1:55.4. Selfish Princess hung on for second, with Keep The Spirit and Randy Waples popping up for third.

Staffan Lind conditions Celebrity Juliet, a daughter of Cantab Hall owned by Celebrity Farms of New York, New York. This was her first win, and second start, of 2009; last week she was second to Windsong Soprano in the Casual Breeze stakes at Mohawk.

�She was a little tighter tonight; she was just coming off a qualifier last week and before that she hadn�t raced since last November,� said Ritchie. �She certainly needed that trip last week. I wanted to race her from off the pace tonight; she seems to like following horses and then passing in the lane. I drove her once last year and she kicked through the lane real strong, so I figured if she got any sort of a trip tonight she�d likely do the same.�

Last year�s OSS Superfinals winner, Elusive Desire, didn�t disappoint in the third and final Elegantimage elim. Sent off at 3-2, she brushed to the front for Paul MacDonell as the field passed the half-mile marker in :57.2, putting early pacesetter Celebrity Deville (Trevor Ritchie) into the pocket spot. Elusive Desire stayed on top through the stretch, fought off a late challenge from Celebrity Deville, and stopped the timers in 1:54.3, a new lifetime mark by a full three and one-fifth seconds. Kandor Hanover stepped up for third for linesman Randy Waples.

MacDonell commented, �We were a little bit careful with her starting out this year. She got a little aggressive toward the end of [last] year, wanting to race off the front. When they come back [from a winter off] you don�t like to show them that speed early, you try and rate them a little bit and keep them quiet as long as you can. Tonight we were able to race her a little bit down the backstretch, and she responded.

�She does it so easy, and she�s confident in her gait, that�ll take her a long way,� he added.

This was the first score of 2009 for Elusive Desire, who is trained by Mike Keeling for P. C. Wellwood Enterprises, Charles Armstrong, and Robert Fasken.

The $600,000 (est.) final of the Elegantimage Stakes is scheduled for Saturday, June 27 at Mohawk, on a card which also features North America's richest harness race, the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup.