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All the talk was about the battle looming between Manchego and Atlanta in the final of the Elegantimage Stake, but Phaetosive stole their thunde...read on
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Race 10 -- Trot, purse $340,000 (EX, P3, SU, TR, Z4) ELEGANTIMAGE - FINAL - 3 YEAR OLD FILLIES. Post time: 10:40 P.M. Lasix: 06:25 P.M. Horses Entered: 7
| Sta | Häst | Kön | Kusk | Tränare | Rek | Intj | Far | Mor | Morfar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PHAETOSIVE | S | Trond Smedshammer | Trond Smedshammer | 09,0 | 657 717 | EXPLOSIVE MATTER | PHAETON | ANGUS HALL |
| 2 | MANCHEGO | S | Yannick Gingras | Jimmy Takter | 08,4 | 1 375 350 | MUSCLE HILL | SECRET MAGIC | CANTAB HALL |
| 3 | ALLOVERAGAIN | S | Randy Waples | John Bax | 11,4 | 48 649 | CREDIT WINNER | ARMBRO DEJA VU | DONERAIL |
| 4 | BLONDE MAGIC | S | Jody Jamieson | Tom Durand | 10,9 | 101 551 | MUSCLE MASSIVE | ALLY OOP | KADABRA |
| 5 | JORDAN BLUE CHIP | S | Tim Tetrick | Michael Keeling | 11,8 | 112 789 | CHAPTER SEVEN | ILL BRING DESSERT | CHOCOLATIER |
| 6 | ATLANTA | S | Scott Zeron | Rick Zeron | 08,7 | 852 485 | CHAPTER SEVEN | HEMI BLUE CHIP | CANTAB HALL |
| 7 | SNEEKER HANOVER | S | Paul Macdonell | Duane Marfisi | 11,7 | 34 114 | DONATO HANOVER | SLOW DANCE HANOVER | CONWAY HALL |
HN Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Str Finish Actual LQ Odds 1 Phaetosive 1 3/3T 3/3Q 3/2H 3/1Q 1/NK 1:52.2 27.1 4.65 2 Manchego 2 2/1H 2/1H 2@/1H 2/Q 2/NK 1:52.2 27.2 0.65* 6 Atlanta= 6 1/1H 1/1H 1/1H 1/Q 3/2H 1:52.4 28.0 1.70 4 Blonde Magic 4 5/7H 5@/6H 4@/4 4/5 4/7 1:53.4 28.1 31.80 5 Jordan Blue Chip 5 6/11Q 6/8T 6/8H 6/9H 5/9T 1:54.2 28.0 51.00 3 Alloveragain 3 4/5T 4/5Q 5/6 5/7H 6/10T 1:54.3 28.3 132.95 7 Sneeker Hanover 7 7/13H 7/10H 7/10H 7/13H 7/18T 1:56.1 29.2 89.45 Time: 27.1, 56.3, 1:24.4, 1:52.2 (Temperature: 25, Condition: FAST, Variant: 0) 1st Phaetosive (b,f,3 - Explosive Matter-Phaeton-Angus Hall) Owner: Purple Haze Stables LLC,Fairport,NY 2nd Manchego (b,f,3 - Muscle Hill-Secret Magic-Cantab Hall) Owner: Black Horse Racing,Lebanon,NJ-John D Fielding,Toronto,ON-Herb A Liverman,Miami Beach,FL 3rd Atlanta (b,f,3 - Chapter Seven-Hemi Blue Chip-Cantab Hall) Owner: Rick Zeron Crawford Farms,Oakville-Holland Racing Stable,Niagara-On- The-Lake,ON-Howard A Taylor,Philadelphia,PA-Bradley J Grant,Milton,ON
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| Phaetosive and driver/trainer Trond Smedshammer nip Manchego at the wire in the Elegantimage final. |
All the talk was about the battle looming between Manchego and Atlanta in the final of the Elegantimage Stake, but Phaetosive stole their thunder.
Phaetosive, in rein to trainer/driver Trond Smedshammer, escape to the outside in the lane and mowed down that talented duo en route to a 1:52.2 triumph in the rich affair.
Atlanta rushed to the lead, with Manchego getting seated in the pocket spot. That left a three-hole ride for Phaetosive. They sat that way through fractions of :27.1, :56.3 and 1:24.4 before things got interesting. Manchego went on the attack as the field neared the head of the lane, and initially Smedshammer shot up the rail searching for room with Phaetosive.
Atlanta tired in deep stretch, and that allowed Manchego to shake loose heading into the final eighth of the mile. Phaetosive, when denied an inside path, swung to the outside and used her :27.1 closing speed to win by a neck over race favourite Manchego. Atlanta was third.
“Up until the three-quarter pole everything went like I planned,” said Smedshammer following the victory. “When Yannick (Gingras) pulled in front of me, I thought it was going to be easier to go inside, I really thought they were going to sprint home a little bit more. The rail didn’t open up. I tried inside Scotty (Zeron), but he wasn’t going to open up anything and I actually skimmed a pylon there, but I want back outside. She had every opportunity to get beat tonight.
“She’s been great her whole life and Manchego’s been getting the best of her in every start before, but today was our turn,” added Smedshammer. “She is fresh. She had a couple of incidents after the Oaks that set her back a little bit. She shipped up here yesterday and I knew today she was very calm and very good in the paddock. Everything was her way tonight.”
Purple Haze Stables LLC of Fairport, NY owns the three-year-old daughter of Explosive Matter-Phaeton. The filly is now 6-for-8 this year after assembling a 4-for-7 record last season. The $170,000 payday boosted Phaetosive’s bankroll to $845,604.
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