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Seven And Seven turned in a 1:55.3 career-best performance for his local connections in the $350,000 William Wellwood Memorial Trot for two-year-old colts...read on
2 åriga 1.609 m auto Purse: $350 000 Us dollar (144,550 - 62,622 - 30,576 - 24,927 - 13,126 - 14,210 - 8,435 - 4,508 - 3,815 - 2,696)
Race 5 -- Trot, purse $350,000 (EX, P3, SU, TR) WILLIAM WELLWOOD MEMORIAL - FINAL - 2 YEAR OLD COLTS & GELDINGS.
| Sta | Häst | Kön | Kusk | Tränare | Rek | Intj | Far | Mor | Morfar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REAL LUCKY DAY | H | Y Filion | R Moreau | 13,1 | 2 924 | DONATO HANOVER | NORWAY NO DAY | SELF POSSESSED |
| 2 | SEVEN AND SEVEN | H | John Campbell | Tom Durand | 13,2 | 28 509 | CHAPTER SEVEN | ALLY OOP | KADABRA |
| 3 | WHAT THE HILL | H | David Miller | Ron Burke | 11,4 | 222 168 | MUSCLE HILL | CELTIC CONTESSA | ANGUS HALL |
| 4 | KING ON THE HILL | H | Tim Tetrick | Jimmy Takter | 11,1 | 62 036 | MUSCLE HILL | LANTERN KRONOS | VIKING KRONOS |
| 5 | VICTOR GIO (IT) | H | Yannick Gingras | Jimmy Takter | 11,4 | 80 432 | READY CASH | ILARIA JET | PINE CHIP |
| 6 | MOUNTAIN OF LOVE | H | Corey Callahan | Tony Alagna | 13,3 | 24 835 | MUSCLE HILL | SOMEBODY TO LOVE | ANGUS HALL |
| 7 | INTERNATIONAL MONI | H | Scott Zeron | Frank Antonacci | 14,5 | 12 589 | LOVE YOU | MONI MAKER | SPEEDY CROWN |
| 8 | SIGNAL HILL | H | Randy Waples | Tony Alagna | 11,6 | 50 246 | MUSCLE HILL | SPECIAL APPEAL | CANTAB HALL |
| 9 | JAKE | H | Sylvain Filion | Luc Blais | 12,3 | 23 588 | MUSCLE HILL | POSTER PIN UP | ANDOVER HALL |
| 10 | SOHO HANOVER | H | Doug Macnair | Gregg Mcnair | 13,6 | 33 556 | CANTAB HALL | STAR HANOVER | YANKEE GLIDE |
Last Horse HV PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 2 Seven And Seven 2 3/2H 3/3T 3@/2Q 2/NK 1/3 1:55.3 29 J Campbell 2.65 T Durand 9 Jake= 9 8/13 7/10 4/2H 4/1T 2/3 1:56.1 29.3 S Filion 21.60 L Blais 7 International Moni 7 1/1 2/1H 2@/H 1/NK 3/4 1:56.2 30.1 S Zeron 24.55 F Antonacci 4 King On The Hill= 4 6/8 6@/9Q 7@/6T 5/3H 4/6Q 1:56.4 29.1 Ti Tetrick 7.70 J Takter 1 Real Lucky Day 1 4/4Q 4/5H 5@/4Q 6/4 5/9T 1:57.3 30.3 Y Filion 50.15 R Moreau 3 What The Hill= 3 5/6Q 5@/7H 6/5T X7X/8Q X6/16H 1:58.4 31.2 D Miller 1.80* R Burke 8 Signal Hill= 8 2@/1 1/1H 1/H X3/1T 7/17H 1:59 32.4 Ra Waples 5.95 T Alagna 6 Mountain Of Love 6X 9/29H 9/30 9/20Q 8/21T 8/26 2:00.4 30.3 C Callahan 57.10 T Alagna 5 Victor Gio It= 5 7/10T 8@/11T X8/12H 9/DIS 9/DIS Y Gingras 4.10 J Takter 10 Soho Hanover= X10X 10/DIS 10/DIS 10/DIS 10/DIS 10/DIS D Mcnair 149.20 R Mcnair Time: 28, 57.1, 1:26.1, 1:55.3 (Temperature: 20, Condition: FAST, Variant: 0) Judges List: Mountain Of Love-BREAKS, Victor Gio It-BREAKS 1st Seven And Seven (br,c,2 - Chapter Seven-Ally Oop-Kadabra) Owner: June J Durand-Thomas R Durand,Puslinch-Allan J Smith,Oakville,ON 2nd Jake (b,c,2 - Muscle Hill-Poster Pin Up-Andover Hall) Owner: Determination,Montreal,QC 3rd International Moni (b,c,2 - Love You-Moni Maker-Speedy Crown) Owner: Moni Maker Stable,Enfield,CT
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Seven And Seven turned in a 1:55.3 career-best performance for his local connections in the $350,000 William Wellwood Memorial Trot for two-year-old colts.
The homebred son of Chapter Seven is owned by Puslinch, Ontario-based trainer Tom Durand and his wife June, along with partner Allan Smith of Oakville, Ont.
International Moni (Scott Zeron) fired off the gate from post seven with Signal Hill (Randy Waples) also leaving to his outside. International Moni established the early lead over Seven And Seven with Signal Hill parked through the :28 first quarter before clearing.
Signal Hill then led the field past the half in :57.1 and as he approached three-quarters in 1:26.1, Campbell tipped Seven And Seven to the outside and picked up cover into the stretch as International Moni pulled the pocket in front.
International Moni overtook Signal Hill in the stretch, but Seven And Seven powered past that rival down the center of the track and trotted away to win by three lengths in 1:55.3. Jake (Sylvain Filion) gained ground along the pylons as the outer flow developed on the backside and came on to finish second off his ground-saving trip over International Moni.
Seven And Seven was the 5-2 second choice to fellow elimination winner What The Hill, who broke stride in the stretch, and paid $7.30 to win.
Showing he was special from day one, the colt out of the Durand-campaigned mare Ally Oop was a buyback at the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale for $17,000. He now has four wins in seven career starts, but this was his first outing with Campbell in the bike.
"I just had a few things to iron out," said Durand, who drove his trainee leading up to the Wellwood final. "He was a little fussy behind the gate and I got that smoothed out and I said it was time to turn the reins over to the most experienced driver in the world."
"That was a great surprise when I saw the late changes and I was down on him," said Campbell of picking up the catch-drive. "I had followed him and I knew what he was capable of and how well he had raced for Tom all along. I thought he was coming into the race very good.
"He's just perfect to drive. I mean, anybody could drive him, he's just like a pro. He got out of the gate good and landed third. There was no pressure to come from behind until later on, and when I did move him, the horse in the two-hole came out in front of him and he had cover right into the stretch. From there, he just did all his work."
Campbell said it was a thrill and honour to win a race named after the late Bill Wellwood.
"The Wellwood and Campbell families go back to the 1940s -- my grandfather racing against Bill's uncle and then my dad racing against Bill and me racing against Bill," said Campbell. "Our families have been friends for so many years."
Seven And Seven will now enjoy a month off as he prepares for his next big assignment, the Valley Victory at Woodbine Racetrack.
"The plan was to keep him right here at home in Ontario and it's probably a good thing for a two-year-old not to get too many starts in them," noted Durand.
"I'd like to dedicate this race to my uncle George, whose been in the horse business life long," added the horseman. "He couldn't make it tonight due to illness and he's one of my biggest fans."
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