Knows Nothing wins CB
Knows Nothing delivered
as the even-money favourite
in the $159,058
three-year-old trotting colt
division in 1:54.3 for
driver Jody Jamieson and
trainer Jeff Gillis prior to
their big win in the
Maple Leaf Trot.
Leaving from the nine-hole,
Reckon Im Ready (Mike
Vanderkemp) marched to the
top spot while outsider
Jetcrest (Anthony MacDonald)
and elimination winner
Prestidigitator (Sylvain
Filion) broke stride early
on. Reckon Im Ready led the
way to the first quarter
mark in :27.2, but then gave
way to Decret Justiciale
(Mario Baillargeon), who
brushed up from fourth down
the backstretch.
The new leader hit the
half in :56.4 and proceeded
to three-quarters in 1:25.4
with Cold Certified (Jason
Brewer) flushed first up by
Il Mago (Randy Waples) while
third over Knows Nothing
began to rally three-wide.
Down the stretch, Knows
Nothing came flying home on
the outside to prevail by a
length over Cold Certified
and Decret Justiciale.
"I thought I had the best horse when the sheet came out," commented Jamieson after the victory. "Obviously, Prestidigitator has been awesome, he just hasn't faced Knows Nothing yet and hopefully he stays good."
Knows Nothing, who received a bye to the final, paid $4 to win for the sixth time in seven career starts. The near perfect Kadabra-Savvy Yankee colt is now Hambletonian-bound for Ontario owners Al Libfeld of Pickering, Marvin Katz of Toronto, Mac Nichol of Burlington and the J Gillis G Stay partnership of Hillsburgh.
"It's going to be a lot of fun for an Ontario-sired horse to go down there and mix it up with the big boys," added Jamieson.