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Captain Crunch, Captain Ahab and Stag Party all turned in statement performances in Saturday’s (Aug. 25) Nassagaweya Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park. A group of 24 rookie pacing colts and geldings were entered in the Nassagaweya and split into three divisions. While Key West, Quebec Blue Chip and Tall Drink Hanover captured their respective divisions of the Eternal Camnation...read on
2 Year Open Pace 1.609 m auto Purse: $92 127
Race 6 -- Pace, purse $92,127 (EX, P3, SU, TR) NASSAGAWEYA - 2 YEAR OLDS. STARTING FEE $1,000 CDN $800 U.S. Last Horse HV PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 7 Captain Crunch 7 1/1T 1/1H 1/1H 1/2T 1/3T 1:52 27.4 S Zeron 0.55* N Johansson 8 Goldberg 8 6/11 6@/9 4@@/5H 4/4Q 2/3T 1:52.4 27.3 M Teague 3.65 B Teague 6 Lyons Johnnyjnr 6 4/6T 3@/5 2@/1H 3/3 3/7T 1:53.3 29.1 Ti Tetrick 20.95 J Gillis 3 Better Up 3 7/12T 8@/11Q 8@@/7H 5/7Q 4/8H 1:53.3 28 Ja Macdonald 12.35 C Coleman 2 Acton Hanover 2 2/1T 2/1H 3/1T 2/2T 5/8T 1:53.4 29.1 Y Gingras 8.15 R Burke 5 Prestige Seelster 5 8/15 7/10T 7@/7Q 6/7T 6/9H 1:53.4 28.1 B Mcclure 36.95 M Barrieau 4 Machdavid 4 3/4H 4/5H 6/5T 7/8T 7/12Q 1:54.2 29 S Filion 28.00 M Brethour 1 Keystone Prestige 1 5/7Q 5@/7Q 5@/5H 8/9H 8/17Q 1:55.2 30.1 D Miller 16.00 C Coleman Time: 27.1, 56, 1:24.1, 1:52 (Temperature: 20, Condition: FAST, Variant: 0) 1st Captain Crunch (b,c,2 - Captaintreacherous-Sweet Paprika-Artiscape) Owner: 3 Brothers Stables,New York,NY-Christina Takter,East Windsor,NJ- Rojan Stables,Wilmington,DE-Caviart Farms,Vienna,VA 2nd Goldberg (b,c,2 - Mr Wiggles-Chausettes Blanche-Christian Cullen) Owner: Montrell S Teague,Harrington,DE 3rd Lyons Johnnyjnr (b,c,2 - Well Said-Stolly Up Bluechip-Art Major) Owner: Geoffrey Lyons Mound,Brantford,ON
2 Year Open Pace 1.609 m auto Purse: $92 127
Race 10 -- Pace, purse $92,127 (EX, P3, SU, TR, Z4) NASSAGAWEYA - 2 YEAR OLDS. STARTING FEE $1,000 CDN $800 U.S. Last Horse HV PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 2 Captain Ahab 2 5/7T 5@/5T 4@@/2H 1/2 1/1Q 1:51.4 27.2 A Mccarthy 0.05* T Alagna 6 Lyons Night Hawk 6 7/12 7@/10Q 6@@/4Q 2/2 2/1Q 1:52 27.1 Ti Tetrick 18.00 J Gillis 4 Sports Teen 4 2/2Q 2/2H 3/2 3/3Q 3/6H 1:53 28.3 B Mcclure 31.95 P Reid 1 Tyga Hanover 1 3/4Q 4/4Q 5/3H 5/5Q 4/7T 1:53.2 28.4 Y Gingras 44.20 B Baillargeon 8 Maintenance Man 7 1/2Q 1/2H 1/1H 4/3H 5/11Q 1:54 30 A Macdonald 36.40 H Poulton 5 Capitano Italiano 5 6/9T 6@/8Q 7/7Q 7/8T 6/13Q 1:54.2 29 C Christoforou 14.75 N Comegna 3 Sporty Mcsportster 3 4/6 3@/3T 2@/1H 6/6H 7/15Q 1:54.4 30.3 D Miller 16.75 C Coleman 7 Best In Show SCRATCHED - VET(SICK) Time: 26.4, 55.4, 1:24, 1:51.4 (Temperature: 20, Condition: FAST, Variant: 0) Judges List: Best In Show-VET 1st Captain Ahab (b,c,2 - Captaintreacherous-Acquavella-Western Ideal) Owner: Brittany Farms LLC,Versailles,KY-Bradley J Grant,Milton,ON- Vincent Barbera,Smithtown,NY-Captain Ahab Racing,Versailles,KY 2nd Lyons Night Hawk (br,c,2 - Sweet Lou-Weapons Against-Western Terror) Owner: Geoffrey F Lyons Mound,Burford,ON 3rd Sports Teen (b,c,2 - Sportswriter-Tattootina-Island Fantasy) Owner: Robert J Key,Leechburg,PA
2 Year Open Pace 1.609 m auto Purse: $92 127
Race 11 -- Pace, purse $92,127 (EX, P3, SU, TR) NASSAGAWEYA - 2 YEAR OLDS. STARTING FEE $1,000 CDN $800 U.S. Last Horse HV PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 8 Stag Party 7 5/5T 4@/4T 1/2H 1/7 1/10 1:52.2 28.2 D Miller 0.30* C Coleman 5 The Regulator 4 6/7T 7/8 7@/8 3/7T 2/10 1:54.2 28.4 J Drury 58.60 V Puddy 1 Odds On Boca Raton 1 3/1H 3/3Q 2@/2H 2/7 3/12T 1:55 30.3 S Zeron 4.60 T Alagna 2 Macs Power 2 7/10H 6@/7Q 5@/5H 4/8Q 4/12T 1:55 30 Ti Tetrick 21.90 I Moore 6 Blank Canvas 5 1/1Q 2/1H 4/4T 5/9 5/13Q 1:55 30 B Miller 5.60 C Coleman 7 Heisman Player 6 2@/1Q 1/1H 3/3Q 6/9Q 6/16Q 1:55.3 31 Ri Zeron 28.05 Ri Zeron 4 Captain Koine 3 4/3H 5/5Q 6/7 7/11H 7/21H 1:56.3 31.1 Y Gingras 33.95 S Mceneny 3 Play Times Over SCRATCHED - VET(SICK) Time: 26.4, 56, 1:24, 1:52.2 (Temperature: 20, Condition: FAST, Variant: 0) Judges List: Play Times Over-VET 1st Stag Party (b,c,2 - Bettors Delight-My Lady Day-Western Ideal) Owner: John D Fielding,Toronto-Mac T Nichol,Burlington-McKinlay & Fielding,Toronto-West Wins Stable,Cambridge,ON 2nd The Regulator (br,c,2 - Bettors Delight-Exotic Pleasure-Modern Art) Owner: Dale C Towle,Leamington-Michael F Horwood,Tecumseh-Victor C Puddy,Mountain,ON 3rd Odds On Boca Raton (b,c,2 - Captaintreacherous-Captiva Island-Western Hanover) Owner: Odds On Racing,Boca Raton,FL
Captain Crunch, Captain Ahab and Stag Party all turned in statement performances in Saturday’s (Aug. 25) Nassagaweya Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park. A group of 24 rookie pacing colts and geldings were entered in the Nassagaweya and split into three divisions. While Key West, Quebec Blue Chip and Tall Drink Hanover captured their respective divisions of the Eternal Camnation.
Captain Crunch stayed undefeated through three career starts with a prominent score in the first division of Saturday’s C$92,127 Nassagaweya Stakes, at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Trained by Nancy Johansson for owners 3 Brothers Stables, Christina Takter, Rojan Stables and Caviart Farms, Captain Crunch was steered aggressively to the front by Scott Zeron, overtaking the quick leaving Acton Hanover and Machdavid, to mark the opening quarter in :27.1
Captain Crunch and Acton Hanover separated themselves from the pack down the backstretch and milked the half-mile in :56 flat as Lyons Johnny Jr was sent first-up to try and reel in the leaders. However, Captain Crunch was not to be tested and easily put away their bids with plenty in reserve to hold off a belated charge from Goldberg. The undefeated son of Captaintreacherous stopped the clock in 1:52 flat.
The raced colt was earning his first added-money score with the Nassagaweya coup.
“They chose to stay away from the Grand Circuit horses for awhile and just aim at the Metro Pace and so far, it’s worked out,” said Zeron.
Zeron feels that Captain Crunch, a serial victor thus far, can only improve going forward.
“I find with every good horse you drive, everything’s effortless,” said Zeron. “It’s so easy for him to do and he covers the ground so well. I thought he had the potential to be this kind of calibre and hopefully he gets better.”
Although Captain Crunch bowled quickly to the lead off the gate, he did so well in hand for Zeron.
“He’s very well mannered, very good to drive and I think he can do it any way…versatile on the track. We chose to stay out of people’s way and go to the front,” said Zeron.
The veteran driver, who recently took the Hambletonian with filly Atlanta, may have another star on his hands with the Metro Pace eliminations looming on Sept. 15, at Mohawk Park.
“Hopefully he’s just at the right point to be fresh and win that,” said Zeron.
Captain Crunch, bred by Walnridge Farm Inc, and Sherri K. Meir of Creamridge N.J., banked C$46,063 in victory. He paid $3.10 to win.
Captain Ahab converted off a perfect second-over steer from Andrew McCarthy to win the C$92,127 second Nassagaweya Stakes division in 1:51.4. rained by Tony Alagna for Brittany Farms LLC, Brad Grant, Vincent Barbera and Captain Ahab Racing, Captain Ahab got away fifth and watched Maintenance Man charge out to post a :26.4 opening uarter.
Maintenance Man raced by the half in :55.4 and led into the far turn. Sporty McSportster committed first up from fourth, supplying cover for Captain Ahab and the outside pair powered up towards the leader at three-quarters in 1:24.
Captain Ahab came out of the turn three-wide and immediately paced by his rivals to claim the lead and cruise home for his fifth win in five starts. Lyons Night Hawk followed the winner’s path and finished 1-1/4 lengths back in second. The superfecta was completed by Sports Teen and Tyga Hanover.
“It worked out great tonight,” said McCarthy following the race. “They sped out of there and I got to race him the way I like to race him. He does love passing horses.”
Captain Ahab has the look of a special colt and continues to impress his trainer with each start.
“The only thing we were concerned about a little bit is he’s such a tall colt we wanted to make sure he had enough power,” said Alagna. “It’s amazing the more I do with him and the more I race him the healthier he gets. He looks great tonight.”
Captain Ahab was a $100,000 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale purchase. He paid $2.10 to win.
Stag Party put a beating on his rivals in the C$92,127 third Nassagaweya Stakes division for driver David Miller and trainer Casie Coleman.
A son of Bettors Delight, Stag Party got away fifth and allowed his rivals to shake things out before making an effortless rush to the lead. The Coleman trainee reached three-quarters in 1:24. and proceeded to draw away with ease to win by 10 lengths in 1:52.2.
“Leaving the gate it looked like a couple guys going at it pretty hard, so I jumped in a hole,” said Miller post-race. “I was hoping to get cover but when he was first up I went ahead and took a run for the lead and he cleared and did everything else very easy.
“He’s pretty handy, he’s great gaited and he’s got a lot of go, so good qualities.”
The Regulator finished second, while Odds On Boca Raton and Macs Power were third and fourth, respectively.
Owned by John Fielding, Mac Nichol, McKinlay & Fielding and West Wins Stable, Stag Party now has four wins in five starts with his only loss being a disqualification from first to second.
Stag Party was a $125,000 Harrisburg Yearling Sale purchase.
A $2 win ticket on Stag Party returned $2.60.
All three Nassagaweya winners are eligible to the Champlain Stakes on Sept. 8.
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