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Pure Country prevailed over Darlinonthebeach after a stretch duel in the $215,704 Simcoe Stakes for three-year-old pacing fillies to give driver Yannick Gingras and trainer Jimmy Takter another Saturday Grand Circuit stakes victory...read on
3-åriga ston 1.609 m auto Purse: $215 704
Race 6 -- Pace, purse $215,704 (EX, P3, SU, TR) SIMCOE - 3 YEAR OLD FILLIES. Last Horse HV PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 1 Pure Country 1 4I/4T 1@/1 2/1H 2/1 1/HD 1:49.2 27.3 Y Gingras 1.50 J Takter 2 Darlinonthebeach 2 5I/7 3@/2 1/1H 1/1 2/HD 1:49.2 27.4 D Miller 1.15* N Johansson 5 Mayhem Seelster 5 7I/12 6@/6H 6@@/6H 4/5T 3/5T 1:50.3 27.4 S Filion 45.55 T Osullivan 8 L A Delight 8 3@/2H 2/1 3/3H 3/4H 4/7Q 1:50.4 28.3 Ra Waples 3.50 R Mcintosh 7 Lindwood Beachgirl(L) 7 9I/16T 8@/8T 8@/8H 6/7T 5/8H 1:51 27.4 Ja Macdonald 45.95 M Steacy 6 Windsun Glory 6 8I/14H 7/8Q 7/7H 7/8T 6/10T 1:51.3 28.3 Ph Hudon 112.10 M Brethour 4 Good Will Hanover 4 1/1H 4/4 5/5H 5/7 7/10T 1:51.3 29 P Macdonell 31.20 Dr I Moore 3 Lindys Nightmare 3 6I/9T 5@/4H 4@/5Q 8/8T 8/12 1:51.4 29.1 Ti Tetrick 39.60 F Antonacci 10 Bourbon Seelster 10 10I/19 9/12Q 9@/10Q 9/10 9/12Q 1:51.4 28.1 M Saftic 87.80 R Manders 9 Lay Lady Lay 9 2X/1H 10/32 10/DIS 10/DIS 10/DIS D Mcnair 78.60 C Matthews Time: 26, 54.3, 1:21.3, 1:49.2 (Temperature: 20, Condition: FAST, Variant: 0) 1st Pure Country (b,f,3 - Somebeachsomewhere-Western Montana-Western Hanover) Owner: Diamond Creek Racing,Wellsville,PA 2nd Darlinonthebeach (b,f,3 - Somebeachsomewhere-Darlins Delight-Bettors Delight) Owner: White Birch Farm,Allentown,NJ 3rd Mayhem Seelster (b,f,3 - Mach Three-Macapelo Rose-Mcardle) Owner: Domenic Chiaravalle,Hamilton,ON
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Pure Country prevailed over Darlinonthebeach after a stretch duel in the $215,704 Simcoe Stakes for three-year-old pacing fillies to give driver Yannick Gingras and trainer Jimmy Takter another Saturday Grand Circuit stakes victory.
Avoiding breaker Lay Lady Lay (Doug McNair) while following that filly in fourth after L A Delight (Randy Waples) swept to command following a :26-second opener, Gingras sent Pure Country on the attack down the backstretch. Pure Country cleared at the half in :54.3 with even-money favourite Darlinonthebeach (David Miller) following hot on her heels before taking over. Darlinonthebeach raced on to three-quarters in 1:21.3 and turned for home with Pure Country back out of the pocket. Pure Country engaged Darlinonthebeach in a two-horse breakaway down the stretch and eventually persevered at the wire by a head in a 1:49.2 stakes record performance. Mayhem Seelster (Sylvain Filion) finished third over L A Delight.
Diamond Creek Racing's homebred filly earned her seventh win of the year from 13 starts while equalling her lifetime mark. The daughter of Somebeachsomewhere out of Western Montana has now banked $1.6 million in her career.
"Canada's been good to me," noted Diamond Creek's Adam Bowden. "We won the Breeders Crown last year and Fan Hanover earlier this year.
"She's been racing against the boys and she was a little sick at Pocono, but Darlinonthebeach has been great and they've been head-to-head all year. As you can see tonight, they were right to the wire together."
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