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Ontario’s top three-year-old trotters wrapped up their Gold Series regular season at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday evening and division stars Bright Eyes M and Forbidden Trade padded their division leading point totals....read on
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Race 5 -- Trot, purse $158,800 (EX, P3, SU, TR) ONTARIO SIRES STAKES - GOLD - 3 YEAR OLD FILLIES. STARTING FEE $800.00 Last Horse HV PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 8 Bright Eyes M 7 3/4 1/1Q 1/2H 1/3Q 1/T 1:53.4 29.2 S Byron 4.15 J Bax 9 Teddys Littleangel= 8 4/5T 5/5Q 5/6H 4/5T 2/T 1:54 28.2 D Mcnair 13.25 T Macdonnell 6 Angies Luckeylady 5 2/2 3/3Q 3/5 3/4Q 3/1T 1:54.1 28.4 Trev Henry 7.10 S Henry 3 Royal Rhythm= 2 6/7H 7/7Q 7/8H 5/7Q 4/2T 1:54.2 28.2 B Mcclure 12.95 P Hunt 1 Blue Magic(L) 1 1/2 2/1Q 2/2H 2/3Q 5/4H 1:54.3 29.4 Ra Waples 41.20 S Kerwood 7 Kinderunbelievable= 6 10/12T 10@@/9H 9@@/10 9/10 6/6Q 1:55 28.3 Ja Macdonald 44.25 D Petrova 5 Hp Titania Runner=(L) 4 8@/10T 8@/7T 8@@/8H 7/9 7/7T 1:55.2 29.2 C Christoforou 1.60* R Bourassa 10 Presto Change O(L) 9 5@/6H 4@/4 4@/6Q 8/9H 8/10H 1:55.4 30.1 S Filion 103.80 P Reid 4 Haveoneforme=(L) 3 7@/8T 6@/6 6@@/6T 6/8Q 9/14Q 1:56.3 30.4 P Macdonell 6.00 R Norman 11 Royal Esteem 11 9/11T 9/9Q 10/10Q 10X/10Q 10/28 1:59.2 33 L Roy 5.05 P Forgie 2 Mattys Smilin SCRATCHED - VET(SICK) M Etsell Time: 27.1, 55.4, 1:24.2, 1:53.4 (Temperature: 14, Condition: FAST, Variant: 0) Judges List: Mattys Smilin-VET 1st Bright Eyes M (b,f,3 - Kadabra-Motown Muscle-Muscle Mass) Owner: Menhammar Stuteri Ab,Paris,KY 2nd Teddys Littleangel (br,f,3 - Archangel-Pine Knolls-Yankee Glide) Owner: Leonard W Gamble,Etobicoke,ON 3rd Angies Luckeylady (br,f,3 - Angus Hall-Angie Blue Chip-Credit Winner) Owner: Trevor Henry Stables Inc,Arthur,ON-Dave Hudson,Dallas,TX-1035840 Ontario Inc,Arthur,ON
Ontario’s top three-year-old trotters wrapped up their Gold Series regular season at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday evening and division stars Bright Eyes M and Forbidden Trade padded their division leading point totals.
The trotting fillies kicked off the Ontario Sires Stakes action in the fifth race with 10 hopefuls lining up behind the starting gate in the $158,800 division. Blue Magic, Angies Luckeylady and Bright Eyes M left smartly from Posts 1, 6 and 8 and wound up first, second and third on the rail going by the :27.1 opening quarter.
Blue Magic’s tenure on the lead was brief however, as driver Stephen Byron soon had Bright Eyes M aiming at the lead. Ahead by just over a length at the :55.4 half, Byron and Bright Eyes M had extended that to two lengths by the 1:24.2 three-quarters and three lengths at the top of the stretch. The field rallied late, but Bright Eyes M stayed game to the wire, securing a three-quarter length victory in 1:53.4. Teddys Littleangel finished second and Angies Luckeylady was another length back in third.
“She seems to get off the gate a little better out there,” said trainer John Bax of the filly’s effort from Post 8. “She seems to be more comfortable, and then Steve can kind of make his decision, like tonight he kind of dropped into the three-hole and then as soon as everybody got settled away he was able to move her again, so it worked out good.”
Campbellville, ON resident Bax has conditioned the daughter of Kadabra to a record of six wins, two seconds and one third in 13 starts this season with five of those starts and four of the wins coming in Gold Series action. Thursday’s victory pushed the filly’s sophomore earnings to $312,925 for owner Menhammar Stuteri AB of Paris, KY.
The win was Bright Eyes M’s first since July 19. Her last three starts had been against some of the best sophomore trotting fillies in North America, where her best finish was a third in the Sept. 6 Simcoe Stakes, and Bax was happy to see the trotter back in the winner’s circle.
“She had lost her, maybe lost a little confidence. She had been sick and was on one line a little bit and so she wasn’t at her best,” said the trainer. “She’s been good the last couple weeks training and jogging and the last race I thought she raced a lot better, I thought she was coming around again. And of course now she’s racing with her own, so it sets up good for the Super Final.”
Bright Eyes M leads the three-year-old trotting fillies into the Oct. 12 Super Final with 208 points, 25 points ahead of Teddys Littleangel. The top 10 point earners will advance to the $225,000 Super Final.
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