Mohawk Raceway
With overwhelming 1-9 favourite Mission Brief making a costly break in stride off the gate, the 2014 Peaceful Way Stakes set up for John Bax-trained two-year-old trotting fillies to sweep the top three spots in the $385,000 final on Saturday's stakes card at Mohawk Racetrack...read on
2 �riga ston 1.609 m auto Purse: $385 000
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Race 3 -- Trot, purse $385,000 (DD, EX, P3, SU, TR) PEACEFUL WAY - FINAL - 2 YEAR OLD FILLIES. Horses Entered: 12
| Sta | H�st | K�n | Kusk | Tr�nare | Rek | Intj | Far | Mor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STUBBORN BELLE | S | Paul MacDonell | John Bax | 11,1 | 106 458 | TAURUS DREAM | MUSETTA HANOVER |
| 2 | DANIELLE HALL | S | Jody Jamieson | Carl Jamieson | 11,6 | 168 655 | DEWEYCHEATUMNHOWE | DEBBIE HALL |
| 3 | JOLENE JOLENE | S | David Miller | Jonas Czernyson | 11,6 | 161 937 | MUSCLE HILL | CELEBRITY SPEEDIE |
| 4 | ELEGANT SERENITY | S | R Mayotte | R Mayotte | - | 14 350 | KADABRA | ELEGANTIMAGE |
| 5 | MISSION BRIEF | S | Yannick Gingras | Ron Burke | 09,7 | 269 575 | MUSCLE HILL | SOUTHWIND SERENA |
| 6 | SOUTHWIND CHAMPANE | S | S Byron | John Bax | 12,5 | 26 989 | MUSCLE HILL | CAERPHILLY |
| 7 | DYNAMITE DAME | S | Sylvain Filion | R Norman | 14,6 | 55 444 | MUSCLES YANKEE | ONE SHARP LADY |
| 8 | AMOUREUSE HANOVER | S | Doug Mcnair | J Smith | 15,0 | 69 196 | PILGRIMS TAJ | A YOURE ADORABLE |
| 9 | JUANITAS FURY | S | Paul MacDonell | John Bax | 12,8 | 105 347 | KADABRA | GRAMOLAS IMAGE |
| 10 | LADY CATERINA | S | Phil Hudon | R Boyd | 12,5 | 16 934 | HOLIDAY ROAD | THE LADY MONEY |
| AE1 | LOCK DOWN LINDY | S | Scott Zeron | Tony Alagna | 11,5 | 72 445 | LUCKY CHUCKY | LOVE LOCKDOWN |
Last Horse HV PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 1 Stubborn Belle 1 2@/2 1/3 1/2T 1/3T 1/H 1:56 29.3 P Macdonell 8.75 J Bax 9 Juanitas Fury 9 7/14 6@/13Q 7@/8H 5/6 2/H 1:56 28 S Condren 59.50 J Bax 6 Southwind Champane 6 5/8T 5@/9T 5@@/6Q 4/5Q 3/2Q 1:56.2 28.4 S Byron 69.95 J Bax 8 Amoureuse Hanover 8 1/2 2/3 2/2T 2/3T 4/3 1:56.3 29.3 D Mcnair 102.85 J Smith 2 Danielle Hall= 2 3@/4H 3@/5H 3@/3 3/3T 5/3 1:56.3 29.3 J Jamieson 18.05 C Jamieson 4 Elegant Serenity 4 4/6T 4@/7H 4@/4T 6/6Q 6/5Q 1:57 29.3 R Mayotte 69.20 R Mayotte 10 Lady Caterina= 10 8/15H 7/15 6/7T 7/7H 7/10T 1:58.1 30.1 Ph Hudon 148.30 R Boyd 3 Jolene Jolene 3X 9/DIS 9/DIS 9/DIS 8/DIS 8/DIS D Miller 5.25 J Czernyson 5 Mission Brief 5X X10/DIS 10/DIS 10/DIS 10X/DIS X9/DIS Y Gingras 0.20* R Burke 7 Dynamite Dame 7 6/12 8@/15Q 8/DIS 9/DIS 10/DIS S Filion 100.10 R Norman Time: 28.1, 57.2, 1:26.2, 1:56 (Temperature: 11, Condition: FT, Variant: 0) Judges List: Dynamite Dame-PERFORMANCE 1st Stubborn Belle (b,f,2 - Taurus Dream-Musetta Hanover-Cantab Hall) Owner: Al J Libfeld,Pickering-Parkhill Stud Farm,Peterborough,ON 2nd Juanitas Fury (b,f,2 - Kadabra-Gramolas Image-Balanced Image) Owner: Parkhill Stud Farm,Peterborough-Glengate Farms,Campbellville- Don A Allensen,Wyoming-Gaelic Stable,Sharon,ON 3rd Southwind Champane (b,f,2 - Muscle Hill-Caerphilly-Broadway Hall) Owner: Parkhill Stud Farm,Peterborough-Glengate Farms,Campbellville,ON- Gordon C Wright,Charlotte,MI
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Stubborn Belle and driver Paul Macdonell captured the $385,000 final |
With overwhelming 1-9 favourite Mission Brief making a costly break in stride off the gate, the 2014 Peaceful Way Stakes set up for John Bax-trained two-year-old trotting fillies to sweep the top three spots in the $385,000 final on Saturday's stakes card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Stubborn Belle and driver Paul MacDonell swept around the early leaver after the :28.1 opening quarter and led the field through middle splits of :57.2 and 1:26.2 before holding off the quick-closing Juanita Fury and Steve Condren by half a length for the victory in 1:56 flat, with Southwind Champane and Steve Byron coming on for third. Stubborn Belle paid $19.50 to win for the 8-1 upset.
"I didn't expect it," said MacDonell, referring the the break made by world champion Mission Brief, "but you had to think about it because if she was going to get beat she would likely beat herself. I'm upset for those people, she's still a great filly, but we had to take advantage of it when the time came."
Stubborn Belle gave Bax and MacDonell back-to-back wins in the Peaceful Way Stakes as they also teamed up to take last year's edition with O'Brien Award winner Riveting Rosie.
"It feels good. It's a prestigious race. Peaceful Way was a great mare and I'm glad they named the race after her," said MacDonell. "My hat has to go off to John Bax here, he's come in one-two-three and I know we were up against Mission Brief there, but he had these horses prepared and ready to go tonight. He's just a perfect guy with a trotter. He's relaxed and doesn't get anxious and worried about how they're coming along at any time in the year. He knows things will fall into place and my hat's off to him."
Stubborn Belle was a runner-up to Mission Brief in that filly's 1:52.1 world record mile during last week's eliminations. A winner in the Champlain Stakes the previous week and Ontario Sires Stakes, the Taurus Dream-Musetta Hanover filly is now four-for-eight in her career with earnings soaring over $300,000 for Bax, who shares ownership with his Parkhill Stud Farm partners along with Al Libfeld of Pickering, Ont.
"She's come along," noted MacDonell. "She always had the strength and size, but she was touching herself early in the season and wasn't sure of her gait and John was playing with her, I know, shoeing-wise and she's just improved and improved and improved. The night I went to Ottawa [Aug. 10] and she won [an OSS Gold event] handily I knew she was gearing up for a nice Fall season."
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