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Ontario-owned Uffizi Hanover provided Takter with his second stakes victory on North America Cup Night as she captured the $457,500 Fan Hanover Stakes for three-year-old pacing fillies...read on
3 åriga filly pacer 1.609 m auto Purse: $457 700
N:r Plac. Häst Härstamning Kusk Tränare Tid Dist. Odds Pris 2 1 Uffizi Hanover Well Said - Up Front Dragonfly David Miller Jimmy Takter 1:50.4 1609 26 228 750 1 2 Nat A Virgin Always A Virgin - Nat-a-tat-tat Rick Zeron Dustin Jones 1:51.0 1609 37 114 375 4 3 Take That Hanover Well Said - Transfer Hanover Mike Saftic John Darling 1:51.1 1609 770 54 900 10 4 Beach Gal Somebeachsomewhere - Michelle My Gal Tim Tetrick David Menary 1:51.1 1609 114 36 600 7 5 Fancy Desire Real Desire - Fancy Creek Memory Ron Pierce Kevin Carr 1:51.3 1609 103 22 875 3 0 Table Talk Bettor's Delight - Place At The Table James Marohn William Dalious 1:51.4 1609 131 8 0 Rock N Roll Xample Rocknroll Hanover - R Xample James MacDonald Shawn Robinson 1:51.4 1609 686 5 0 Bahama Blue Somebeachsomewhere - Isabella Blue Chip Mario Baillargeon Carl Jamieson 1:51.4 1609 863 6 0 Mamas Fallen Angel Well Said - Latte Lady Yannick Gingras Norm Parker 1:52.1 1609 64 9 0 Major Dancer Art Major - Two Steppin' Sally Brian Sears Casie Coleman 1:52.2 1609 88 Time: 26, 54.4, 1:23.2, 1:50.4 (Temperature: 15, Condition: FT, Variant: 0) 1st Uffizi Hanover (b,f,3 - Well Said-Up Front Dragonfly-Dragon Again) Owner: Al J Libfeld,Pickering-Marvin Katz-Sam A Goldband,Toronto,ON 2nd Nat A Virgin (b,f,3 - Always A Virgin-Nat A Tat Tat-Blissfull Hall) Owner: Dustin Jones Stables Inc,Waterdown,ON-William L Jones,Lexington,KY 3rd Take That Hanover (b,f,3 - Well Said-Transfer Hanover-Cams Card Shark) Owner: Jack Darling Stables Ltd,Cambridge,ON
Ontario-owned Uffizi Hanover provided Takter with his second stakes victory on North America Cup Night as she captured the $457,500 Fan Hanover Stakes for three-year-old pacing fillies.
Driven by David Miller, Uffizi Hanover swept her elimination and the final as the 8-5 favourite for Al Libfeld of Pickering and Toronto partners Marvin Katz and Sam Goldband.
Take That Hanover (Mike Saftic) out-sprinted Bahama Blue (Mario Baillargeon) off the gate from mid-pack and put up a :26-second opening quarter before Miller sent last year's Breeders Crown champion Uffizi Hanover after the lead from third into the backstretch with Nat A Virgin (Rick Zeron) hot on her heels and sweeping up three-wide to take over command.
Nat A Virgin hit the half in :54.4 and opened up a couple of lengths on top en route to three-quarters in 1:23.2. Meanwhile, Major Dancer (Brian Sears) was advancing with Beach Gal (Tim Tetrick) stalking her cover.
Nat A Virgin was still clear on top entering the stretch, but Uffizi Hanover closed late to nab the victory in 1:50.4, with her final quarter clocked in :26.4. Nat A Virgin settled for second and Take That Hanover finished third.
"We had a good post, the inside [post two] so I used it to our advantage and got away close," explained Miller after the race. "It worked out where I could get her back to the lead and we got covered up and got out at the head of the stretch and just fired."
The Well Said-Up Front Dragonfly filly now has four wins in 15 career starts and earnings totalling $609,375. She paid $5.30 to win.
"I'm incredibly proud of her, but the real credit here has to go to Al Libfeld, my partner," said Katz, noting that his longtime friend was instrumental in convincing him to purchase a pacing filly. "When good things happen, like I said last year, it really feels like you're on top of the mountain."
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