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Retaking command into the backstretch, Lather Up dictated the terms rounding the final turn before sprinting home to a 1:48.1 victory in the $1,000,000 35th edition of the Pepsi North America Cup Saturday, June 16 at Woodbine Mohawk Park....read on
3 OPEN PACE 1.609 m auto Purse: $1 000 000
Race 12 -- Pace, purse $1,000,000 (EX, P3, SU, TR, Z4) PEPSI NORTH AMERICA CUP XXXV - FINAL - 3 YEAR OLDS. HORSES REPORT TO RETENTION FRIDAY JUNE 15 BY 11:00 P.M. Last Horse HV PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 4 Lather Up 4 2/HD 1/1Q 1/1 1/2 1/3Q 1:48.1 26.3 M Teague 0.60* C Francis 7 Done Well(L) 7 1@/HD 2/1Q 3/2 3/2H 2/3Q 1:48.4 26.4 Ti Tetrick 5.55 B Brown 6 Lost In Time 6 9@/10 10@/8 8@/6Q 7/5T 3/3H 1:48.4 26 S Zeron 17.35 J Takter 2 Stay Hungry(L) 2 5/6H 5@/4 4@/2H 4/3 4/4Q 1:49 27 D Mcnair 3.90 T Alagna 3 Wes Delight 3 3/1H 4/3 5/4 5/4Q 5/4T 1:49.1 26.4 C Callahan 17.05 M Harder 8 Nutcracker Sweet 8 6@@/6T 3@/2H 2@/1 2/2 6/6 1:49.2 27.3 D Miller 46.70 J Takter 1 St Lads Neptune 1 4/4H 6/4H 7/5H 6/5H 7/6Q 1:49.2 26.4 J Jamieson 18.00 S Jamieson 10 Hitman Hill(L) 10 10/12 9/7T 10@/8Q 9/8Q 8/9Q 1:50 26.4 B Miller 116.10 C Oakes 9 Hayden Hanover 9 8/9Q 8/6Q 9/7T 10/9Q 9/10Q 1:50.1 27 A Miller 102.20 J Miller 5 American History 5 7@/8Q 7@/6 6@/4H 8/6H 10/12Q 1:50.3 28.1 Y Gingras 27.50 T Alagna Time: 26.3, 54.1, 1:21.3, 1:48.1 (Temperature: 20, Condition: FAST, Variant: 0) 1st Lather Up (b,c,3 - Im Gorgeous-Pocket Comb-In The Pocket) Owner: Gary L & Barbara N Iles,Harrington,DE 2nd Done Well (b,c,3 - Well Said-Dagnabit Hanover-Allamerican Native) Owner: James L Stambaugh,Wauseon-Wingfield Brothers LLC,Kenton-Milton J Leeman,Columbus- Alan P Keith,Johnstown,OH 3rd Lost In Time (b,c,3 - A Rocknroll Dance-Summer Mystery-Artiscape) Owner: Diamond Creek Racing,Wellsville,PA-J And T Silva Stables LLC,Long Beach,NY- William J Rufenacht,Archbold,OH-Ric Flair Stables,Wesley Chapel,FL
3 OPEN PACE 1.609 m auto Purse: $75 000
Race 5 -- Pace, purse $75,000 (EX, P3, SU, TR) NORTH AMERICA CUP - CONSOLATION - 3 YEAR OLDS. HIGHEST FINISHERS PREFERRED. Last Horse HV PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 2 Courtly Choice 2 5/6T 5@/5H 4@/2Q 1/1 1/2T 1:49.2 26 Ja Macdonald 0.95* B Macintosh 3 Babes Dig Me(L) 3 6/9Q 6@/7H 6@/4Q 3/1T 2/2T 1:50 26.1 B Miller 22.95 T Alagna 7 When You Dance 7 2/1H 4/3H 5/3H 5/2Q 3/3H 1:50 26.2 J Drury 78.20 B Wallace 6 Levis Day 6 1/1H 2/1T 3/1H 4/2Q 4/4T 1:50.2 27.1 Ph Hudon 73.95 V Puddy 5 Captain Deo 5 7/11H 7@/9Q 8@/6 8/4Q 5/6 1:50.3 26.2 D Mcnair 3.90 T Alagna 9 Dragon Time 9 9/15Q 8/10Q 7/5Q 7/4 6/6H 1:50.3 26.3 J Jamieson 102.30 D Menary 1 Summer Travel 1 4/4T 3@/3Q 2@/T 2/1 7/9T 1:51.2 28.1 D Miller 3.90 C Coleman 10 Whos Better(L) 10 10/17Q 10/12H 9/7H 9/6T 8/12Q 1:51.4 27.2 Ti Tetrick 82.60 B Brown 4 Burning Midnight 4 3@/2T 1/1T 1/T 6/2T 9/12T 1:52 29 Trev Henry 4.30 C Giles 8 Major Authority 8 8/13Q 9@/11Q 10@/8Q 10/7T 10/13 1:52 27.2 Y Gingras 52.25 A Harris Time: 26.4, 55.2, 1:23, 1:49.2 (Temperature: 20, Condition: FAST, Variant: 0) 1st Courtly Choice (b,c,3 - Art Major-Lady Ashlee Ann-Camtastic) Owner: Hutt Racing Stable,Paoli,PA-Mac And Heim Stables,Cambridge,ON- Daniel Plouffe,Bromont,QC-Touch Stone Farms,Guelph,ON 2nd Babes Dig Me (b,c,3 - Somebeachsomewhere-Western Babe-Western Hanover) Owner: Bradley J Grant,Milton,ON-Joe Sbrocco,Brecksville,OH- Robert J Leblanc,Austin,TX-In The GYM Partners,Staten Island,NY 3rd When You Dance (b,g,3 - Mach Three-Armbro Dancer-Blissfull Hall) Owner: Wallacestandardbreds Inc,Puslinch,ON-Daniel Plouffe,Bromont,QC-Birnam Wood Farms,Boca Raton,FL
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| Montrell Teague gives a cheer as Lather Up wins the $1m Pepsi North America Cup. |
Retaking command into the backstretch, Lather Up dictated the terms rounding the final turn before sprinting home to a 1:48.1 victory in the $1,000,000 35th edition of the Pepsi North America Cup Saturday, June 16 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Driver Montrell Teague gunned the Im Gorgeous colt towards the lead, getting to the rail as Done Well reached the top heading to the quarter. Timed in :26.3, Done Well cleared the front and led shortly as Lather Up tipped outside to move back to the top. Nutcracker Sweet, parked from the quarter, began to advance uncovered through a :54.1 half and drew within a length of the lead midway around the final turn.
Lather Up continued on the front leading narrowly over Nutcracker Sweet to the outside, carrying Stay Hungry into contention second over. Done Well drafted in the pocket as Lather Up paced to three-quarters in 1:21.3 and Nutcracker Sweet stalled alongside. Teague pulled the plugs on Lather Up entering the eighth pole and the Clyde Francis-trainee accelerated clear of Done Well chasing in second. Lost In Time, from fourth over, charged down the grandstand side to take third while Stay Hungry settled for fourth.
Undefeated in six starts this season, Lather Up returned $3.20 to win. The colt from the In The Pocket mare Im Gorgeous has 10 wins to his credit from 13 starts and has amassed $667,100 in earnings for owners Gary and Barbara Illes.
“This is the one I wanted since I lost it,” Montrell Teague said after the race.
Teague and Francis, teaming up with 2015 ‘Cup’ favourite Wiggle It Jiggleit to a second-place finish, each scored their first Cup win.
“I definitely [got] redemption for 2015,” Teague said. “I looked to the right—[there] were one too many leaving except one, and I knew I could get in front of the other ones. It shook out good—Timmy [Tetrick on Done Well] kept coming; I knew he wanted a two-hole trip. Once he got by me, I pulled right back out and he let me go fairly easy and it worked out to my advantage.
“It took me about halfway through the stretch [to get to full speed] because I didn’t want to take off too fast and have Timmy pull out and beat me again. So I waited to pop the earplugs, and once I popped the earplugs, he exploded like he was supposed to. When I was doing an interview earlier I said ‘If I was getting to the front, it would take a [1]:47, [1]:48 mile, and it did.”
Courtly Choice Charges In 'Cup' Conso
Sent the 4/5 favourite, Courtly Choice tracked cover past the half and catapulted to a 1:49.2 victory in the $75,000 North America Cup Consolation at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday, June 16.
Levis Day led the field by the quarter in :26.4 with When You Dance riding the pocket. Burning Midnight tipped wide rounding the first turn and brushed to control entering the backstretch. Summer Travel, sitting fourth, moved first over heading to the half while Burning Midnight paced unchallenged on the front through a :55.2 clip.
Summer Travel drew alongside Burning Midnight approaching the top of the stretch, with Levis Day sitting pocket and Courtly Choice towed into contention second over. Past three-quarters in 1:23, Courtly Choice rushed down the center of the course to take the lead as Babes Dig Me, from third over, rallied in between horses to take second while When You Dance found room to snag third.
Winning his third race in four starts this season and his fifth in 16 overall, Courtly Choice, a colt by Art Major out of the Camtastic mare Lady Ashlee Ann, has accrued $124,295 in earnings for owners Hutt Racing Stable, Mac And Heim Stables, Daniel Plouffe and Touch Stone Farms. James MacDonald was in the bike for trainer Blake MacIntosh and paid $3.90 to win.
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