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Woodbine Mohawk Park
Elimination - Final
Back Of The Neck pulled the 9-1 upset in another top-shelf edition of the $610,000 Maple Leaf Trot, stopping the clock in 1:51 on Saturday night (Sept. 3) at Woodbine Mohawk Park...read on
FFAT 1.609 m auto Purse: $610,000 (305,000 - 152,500 - 73,200 - 48,800 - 30,500)
Pris i Us dollar: 231,800 - 106,628 - 00,000 - 34,121 - - 4,636 till övriga)
Race 7 -- Trot, purse $610,000 (DD,EX,P3,SU,TR) MAPLE LEAF TROT FINAL. Post Time: 9:30 PM Lasix: 5:15 PM Horses Entered: 10
N:r Plac. Häst Kön Härstamning Kusk Tränare Tid Dist. Odds Pris 3 1 Back Of The Neck h5 Ready Cash - Big Barb Tim Tetrick Åke Svanstedt 1:51.0 1609 102 231 800 2 2 Ecurie D Dk h6 Infinitif - To Soon Åke Svanstedt Åke Svanstedt 1:51.1 1609 22 106 628 4 3 Forbidden Trade h6 Kadabra - Pure Ivory Bob Mcclure Luc Blais 1:51.3 1609 121 00 000 5 4 Fashion Frenzie v4 Archangel - Striking Fashion Louis-Philippe Roy Richard Moreau 1:51.4 1609 49 34 121 6 5 Logan Park v4 Archangel - Rite OutaThe Park James Macdonald Robert Don Fellows 1:51.4 1609 173 00 000 1 It`s Academic v5 Uncle Peter - Annapolis David Miller Ron Burke 1:52.0 1609 423 4 636 9 Perfetto v7 Majestic Son - Perfect Prelude Dagfinn Henriksen Dagfinn Henriksen 1:52.1 1609 1159 4 636 10 Locatelli v5 Muscle Hill - Girlie Tough Chris Christoforou Harry Poulton 1:52.3 1609 1576 4 636 8 Atlanta s7 Chapter Seven - Hemi Blue Chip Yannick Gingras Ron Burke 1:52.4 1609 36 4 6367 Alrajah One It h6 Maharajah - Mariu Dexter Dunn Åke Svanstedt 1609Time: 26.4, 55.1, 1:23.2, 1:51.0 (Temperature: 22, Condition: FT, Variant: 0) 1st Back Of The Neck (b,h,5 - Ready Cash-Big Barb-Andover Hall) Owner:Howard A Taylor,Philadelphia,PA-Order By Stable,Boras,SWD-Judith S Taylor,Bala Cynwyd,PA-Ake Svanstedt Inc,Wrightstown,NJ 2nd Ecurie D Dk (b,h,6 - Infinitif-To Soon-Muscles Yankee) Owner:Marko Kreivi Stables Inc,Delray Beach,FL-Suleyman Yuksel Stables I,Delray Beach,FL-Ake Svanstedt Inc,Wrightstown,NJ 3rd Forbidden Trade (br,h,6 - Kadabra-Pure Ivory-Striking Sahbra) Owner:Determination,Montreal,QC
Back Of The Neck pulled the 9-1 upset in another top-shelf edition of the $610,000 Maple Leaf Trot, stopping the clock in 1:51 on Saturday night (Sept. 3) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Winless in three starts in 2022, Back Of The Neck came into the Maple Leaf Trot with far less fanfare than stablemate and fellow Ake Svanstedt trainee Ecurie D DK. By the time the mile was over, the five-year-old son of Ready Cash-Big Barb was the one grabbing all the headlines.
It was an early scrap for the lead in an all-star field with Fashion Frenzie eventually striking front, while Logan Park and Atlanta settled into third and fourth, respectively, around the first turn and through a first quarter in :26.4. Back Of The Neck, with Tim Tetrick in the sulky, watched the proceedings from seventh.
Yannick Gingras, in rein to Atlanta, then hustled the multiple stakes-winning mare to the front, 1-1/2 lengths ahead of Fashion Frenzie, with Logan Park third and Back Of The Neck, still seventh, through a half timed in :55.1.
Atlanta soon found herself under siege as the field straightened for home. Ecurie D DK, the 6-5 choice, came calling, as did Forbidden Trade and a hard-charging Back Of The Neck, fifth at the stretch call, and rolling, picking off rivals with each stride.
Ecurie D DK emerged with the lead late, but the world-traveling trot titan, driven by Svanstedt, couldn’t fend off his stablemate.
At the line, Back Of The Neck was a 1-1/2-length winner, coming home in :26.4. Forbidden Trade was third and Fashion Frenzie fourth. Alrajah One IT, the morning-line choice and also under the tutelage of Svanstedt, was scratched after sustaining a suspensory injury leading up to the race.
“Well, this one was unexpected,” said Tetrick, who won his third (Market Share in 2013 and Guardian Angel AS in 2019 were the other) Maple Leaf Trot. “I got the phone call before the draw was announced. We got him worked out, we got a good post, and everything worked out. I followed Ake up and Ake led us right up there and the fractions were fair, and I came off Ake’s back and he did the rest. It was pretty easy.”
“I mean, I wanted the other one [Alrajah One IT] in the race, especially with the connections,” offered Svanstedt. “It’s sad. I wanted to watch the other horse, because I’m a fan of him, he’s amazing. But lucky for me, I got to win.”
Bred in Sweden by Order By Stable, who co-owns with Howard Taylor, Judith Taylor, and Svandstedt, Back Of The Neck is now 12-5-5 from 36 starts. He was originally a $150,000 purchase at the 2018 Harrisburg Sale.
He paid $20.40 for the win.
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