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Canada has proved to be very kind to Green Manalishi S, and the Marcus Melander trainee took advantage once again on Saturday evening when he front-stepped to a rich score in the $605,000 final of the Canadian Trotting Classic....read on
3 åriga 1.609 m auto Purse: CA$ 605 000 ()
Us dollar $453,750 (226,875 - 113,438 - 54,450 - 36,300 - 22,688)
Race 8 -- Trot, purse $605,000 (EX, P3, SU, TR) CANADIAN TROTTING CLASSIC - FINAL - 3 YEAR OLDS. STARTING FEE $5,000 CDN $4,000 U.S. Post time: 09:57 P.M. Lasix: 05:42 P.M. Horses Entered: 9
| Sta | Häst | Kön | Kusk | Tränare | Rek | Intj | Far | Mor | Morfar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KNIGHT ANGEL | V | Doug Mcnair | Shane Arsenault | 11,1 | 154 748 | ARCHANGEL | DREAM TAKER | TAGLIABUE |
| 2 | FORBIDDEN TRADE | H | Bob McClure | Luc Blais | 09,0 | 1 032 728 | KADABRA | PURE IVORY | STRIKING SAHBRA |
| 3 | SWANDRE THE GIANT | H | David Miller | Ron Burke | 09,4 | 473 243 | SWAN FOR ALL | ADAGIO | VALLEY VICTOR |
| 4 | GREEN MANALISHI S | H | Tim Tetrick | Marcus Melander | 08,7 | 874 470 | MUSCLE HILL | NAGA MORICH | ENJOY LAVEC |
| 5 | PILOT DISCRETION | H | Andrew McCarthy | Tony Alagna | 09,5 | 202 529 | MUSCLE HILL | SELF INDULGENT | SELF POSSESSED |
| 6 | SMART AS HILL | H | Paul Macdonell | Michael Keeling | 10,7 | 126 478 | MUSCLE HILL | SMARTY PANTS | KADABRA |
| 7 | GERRY | H | Dexter Dunn | Marcus Melander | 11,2 | 124 514 | MUSCLE HILL | VIVA LAS LINDY | DREAM VACATION |
| 8 | DON'T LET'EM | H | Yannick Gingras | Nancy Johanson | 08,6 | 329 967 | MUSCLE HILL | PASSAGEWAY | ANGUS HALL |
| 9 | ONLY FOR JUSTICE | V | Chris Christoforou | Dany Fontaine | 12,1 | 172 183 | JUSTICE HALL | INTENSE AMERICA | TAURUS DREAM |
Resultat:
HN Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Str Finish Actual LQ Odds 4 Green Manalishi S 4 1@/2 1/2Q 1/3T 1/2T 1/H 1:52.4 28.4 1.30 5 Pilot Discretion 5 4/7T 4@/5Q 3@/5 2/2T 2/H 1:52.4 27.4 6.35 6 Smart As Hill 6 7/14 7@/8T 5@/9 4/7 4P3/2H 1:53.1 27.2 79.45 9 Only For Justice 9 9/18H 8/12Q 7/10H 5IX/8 5P4/3 1:53.2 27.2 45.00 2 Forbidden Trade= 2 3/5T 3@/3H 2/3T 3/3Q 3P5/2Q 1:53.1 28.2 2.20 1 Knight Angel= 1 5/10 5/7 4/6Q 6/8Q 6/11H 1:55.0 29.4 60.40 8 Dont Letem 8 6/11T 6@/7 X8@X/13 9/27 7/19 1:56.3g 30.0 5.10 7 Gerry 7 8X/16 9/24T 9/20 7/24 8/19 1:56.3 28.3 62.00 3 Swandre The Giant(L) 3 2/2 2/2Q X6X/10 8X/26 X9/33 1:59.2g 33.2 9.40 Time: 27.2, 56.2, 1:24, 1:52.4 (Temperature: 15, Condition: FAST, Variant: 0) 1st Green Manalishi S (b,c,3 - Muscle Hill-Naga Morich S-Enjoy Lavec) Owner: Courant Inc,Delray Beach,FL 2nd Pilot Discretion (b,c,3 - Muscle Hill-Self Indulgent-Self Possessed) Owner: Robert J Leblanc,Austin,TX-David Anderson,Aurora,ON-John A Fodera,Staten Island,NY 3rd Smart As Hill (b,c,3 - Muscle Hill-Smarty Pants-Kadabra) Owner: Dreamville Stable,Cambridge,ON
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Canada has proved to be very kind to Green Manalishi S, and the Marcus Melander trainee took advantage once again on Saturday evening when he front-stepped to a rich score in the $605,000 final of the Canadian Trotting Classic.
Tim Tetrick wasted little time hustling Green Manalishi S to the lead from Post 4, and together they led the talented field through fractions of :27.2, :56.2 and 1:24. A :28.4 closing quarter was enough for Green Manalishi S to seal the deal by a half-length margin over a surging Pilot Discretion in 1:52.4. Smart As Hill was fourth-placed-third as a result of Forbidden Trade, who finished third, being placed back to fifth for causing interference in deep stretch to Only For Justice.
“I wanted to get out of there and either sit really close or go ahead and cut it, but I didn’t want to have to work too hard to do it,” said Tetrick of his strategy. “I wanted him to feel really brave going down the backside and I went a little faster in the third-quarter to get a little separation on them and down by the wire it was getting close, but my horse held on good and he never wins by too many.”
Courant Inc. of Delray Beach, FL owns the son of Muscle Hill-Naga Morich S, who swept last year’s William Wellwood Memorial at the Campbellville, Ont. oval. It was the fifth win of the season – and the 10th to date – for the career winner of $1,248,383.
Green Manalishi S becomes the first horse since Father Patrick in 2014 to win the Wellwood Memorial and Canadian Trotting Classic in consecutive seasons.
“This horse has kind of been in the shadow of Greenshoe and Gimpanzee,” said Tetrick of Green Manalishi S status among Melander’s stable stars. “He’s done really well and he’s made money and won an elimination of the Hambletonian. He’s a very qualified horse.”
Tetrick becomes the winningest driver in the history of the Canadian Trotting Classic with now four titles to his name.
“That’s a big honour,” said Tetrick of claiming the Canadian Trotting Classic wins record. “It just kind of fell into place and worked out really good.”
Tetrick’s previous three victories in the Canadian Trotting Classic came with Crystal Fashion (2018), Bar Hopping (2016) and Market Share (2012).
Be sure to check out the rest of the recaps from Saturday's stakes-packed card in SC's News Centre
(with files from Woodbine)
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