by Al Cimaglia
September 14, 2017
If you are a fan of placing a bet on high caliber stake races with the best drivers and trainers participating, look no further than Saturday night's card at Mohawk.
The ElegantImage Final for 3-year-old trotting fillies will be first of the big money purses as ten young ladies will compete for a share of $385,000 in the third race of the evening. In Race 5, some of the finest 3-year-old trotters will do battle in the $684,000 Canadian Trotting Classic. In Race 7, a field of ten older female pacers will take center stage in the $256,000 Milton Pace Final. The final prestigious event on the program will be the $593,000 Maple Leaf Trot for older horses coming in Race 9. Sandwiched between the stakes mentioned above will be the Metro Pace Eliminations. In the second, fourth and sixth races top 2-year-old pacers will look to gain a berth in next week's final.
The very strong colony of drivers on the Mohawk circuit will be joined by Corey Callahan, Daniel Dube, Yanick Gingras, Matt Kakaley, Mark MacDonald, Brett Miller, Dave Miller, Tim Tetrick and Scott Zeron. Some of the trainers travelling from south of the 49th parallel to join the festivities are Rene Allard, Frank Antonacci, Ron Burke, John Butenschoen, Nifty Norman and Jimmy Takter.
Please check back on Saturday as the focus will turn to handicapping all four prestigious stakes as well as the Metro Eliminations. Below are the impressive fields, including drivers and trainers.
Race 3-ElegantImage Final-3-year-old trotting fillies-Purse $385,000
1-Winter Sweet Frost=(L) D Mcnair R Boyd
2-Lady Grey P Macdonell C Beelby
3-Dream Together= D Dube L Blais
4-Ariana G Y Gingras J Takter
5-Sweet Of My Heart(L) J Jamieson P Reid
6-Glitzey Gal D Miller R Norman
7-Magic Presto Trev Henry R Norman
8-Feed Your Head L Roy J Takter
9-Dream Baby Dream= R Allen R Allen
10-On A Sunny Day S Filion L Blais
AE1 Mrstery Bear= D Miller G Hebert
Race 5-Canadian Trotting Classic Final-3-year-old Open-Purse $684,000
1-Southwind Cobra M Kakaley R Burke
2-Bills Man(L) C Callahan J Butenschoen
3-Dover DanL) B Miller J Butenschoen
4-What The Hill D Miller R Burke
5-International Moni S Zeron F Antonacci
6-Seven And Seven S Filion T Durand
7-Long Tom Ti Tetrick M Melander
8-Dancer Hall= D Mcnair P Reid
9-Victor Gio It= Y Gingras J Takter
10-Lindy The Great= Ma Macdonald F Antonacci
AE1 Dunbar Hall= J Jamieson C Jamieson
Race 7-Milton Pace Final-fillies & mares-Purse $256,000
1-Lady Shadow(L) Y Gingras D Menary
2-Blue Moon Stride D Miller M Harder
3-Pure Country(L) Ma Macdonal J Takter
4-Wrangler Magic(L) L Roy R Allard
5-L A Delight(L) Ra Waples R Mcintosh
6-Darlinonthebeach(L) B Miller N Johansson
7-Frost Damage Blues(L) Ti Tetrick T Fanning
8-Lyons River Pride(L) Trev Henry B Goit
9-Sandbetweenurtoes(L) D Mcnair R Moreau
10-Witch Dali(L) J Jamieson R Moreau
AE1 Penpal D Dube P Lachance
Race 9-Maple Leaf Trot Final-Purse $593,000
1-Windsun Revenge(L) Ri Zeron J Durham
2-Odds On Amethyst= Pa Hudon Pa Hudon
3-Pasithea Face S Ti Tetrick J Takter
4-Mambo Lindy= S Zeron F Antonacci
5-Hannelore Hanover(L) Y Gingras R Burke
6-Jl Cruze D Miller E Ell
7-Warrawee Roo= S Filion L Blais
8-Homicide Hunter(L) B Miller C Oakes
9-Musical Rhythm=(L) M Baillargeon B Baillargeon
10-Gural Hanover(L) M Kakaley R Burke
AE1 Il Sogno Dream(L) Trev Henry V Puddy
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