World Record holder to Mohawk for Robert Stewart

by Jeff Renton, media/communications, the Woodbine Entertainment Group

CAMPBELLVILLE, August 8, 2006 – Some of the fastest two-year-old pacing fillies in North America will make their way to Mohawk this Saturday evening to contest a pair of 11-horse, C$112,200 divisions of the Robert Stewart Stakes.

Luck Of Michelle, a World Record holder as the fastest two-year-pacing filly on a half-mile track, has drawn into the opening division, which has been slotted as the fifth race (8:43 p.m.) on the 12-dash program, which gets underway at 7:20 p.m. (ET).

Canadette, fresh off track record miles at Windsor Raceway, has drawn into the second division, carded as race eight (9:46 p.m.).

Also, a seven-horse C$45,000 Open pace has been carded as the tenth race, which will feature Grin Some More, Extreme Three, LH Stryker, Buckeye One, Our Lucky Killean, Shattered Halo and Whosurboy.

Juvenile sensation Luck Of Michelle has been the talk of many paddocks since she burst onto the Ontario scene and sped to her five-race win streak to begin her career. Although, the filly will have to be on her game in the Robert Stewart, as she has drawn the trailing post 11 and will start behind Queen Of Royalty on the rail.

Luck Of Michelle, a Camluck filly out of the Artsplace mare Michelles Destiny, has banked $ 159,321 throughout the streak, capturing a division of the Flamboro Breeders at the Dundas, Ontario oval before sweeping O.S.S. Gold Series events at both Grand River Raceway and Mohawk for driver Mike Saftic.

Luck Of Michelle is trained by John Pentland for Karen Carroll of Shedden, Ontario, and Natalie Pentland of Dorchester, Ontario. The bay’s 1:53.3 triumph over the Flamboro Downs half-miler had lowered the existing World Record, and she followed that up by pacing a track record mile (1:55.2) around Grand River’s five-eighths oval the following week.

In all of Luck Of Michelle’s races, she has assumed control of the tempo by at least the half-mile indicator and hasn’t looked back.

Appleoosa Hanover, part of a two-horse entry co-owned and trained by Carl Jamieson, could give Luck Of Michelle a run for her money in the tilt.

The Western Hanover bay is carrying a three-race win streak heading into Saturday – a streak which includes a pair of wins in the Whenuwishuponastar prelims. Appleoosa Hanover was clocked in 1:54.2 in the second leg of the Whenuwishuponastar and didn’t contest the final. Jody Jamieson steers the bay for co-owners Joanne Morrison of Beeton, Ontario, and Thomas Kyron of Etobicoke, Ontario.

Canadette, another impressive filly out of Mach Three’s first crop, should attract all of the attention in the second division, as the bay will leave from post seven with Paul MacDonell in the driver’s seat.

In seven starts this season for Robert Chapple of Chatam, Ontario, Canadette has raced to a record of four wins and two second-place finishes, good for $ 146,587 in overall purses.

Canadette, out of the Apaches Fame mare Legacy Of Fame, is carrying a two-race win streak for conditioner Gregg McNair into her Robert Stewart division. Both of those wins came during a recent O.S.S. Gold Series at Windsor Raceway where she lowered the track record with a 1:53 win in her Elimination and then equaled the mark in the Final.

The wins in 1:53 make Canadette the fastest two-year-old pacing filly in North America on a five-eighths track so far this season.

The Robert Stewart Stakes for the two-year-old trotting fillies are scheduled for Sunday, August 13 at Mohawk where there is a 7:00 p.m. first race post time.

The fields for the pacing filly divisions are listed below.

Division #1
Head # – Horse – Post Position – Listed Driver – Trainer
1 – Iwantyou Wantyou – pp3 – J. Jamieson – C. Jamieson
1A – Appleoosa Hanover – pp6 – J. Jamieson – C. Jamieson
2 – Queen Of Royalty – pp1 – L. Ouellette – A. Sisco
3 – Whitesand Gem – pp2 – J. Jamieson – G. Hebert
4 – Breathdefying – pp4 – S. Condren – R. McIntosh
5 – Stonebridge Memory – pp5 – L. Ouellette – R. McNair
6 – Baskin Hanover – pp7 – P. MacDonell – R. Jones
7 – Trim Hanover – pp8 – S. Condren – J. Takter
8 – Cupcakecraze – pp9 – L. Ouellette – W. Elliott
9 – I Will Survive – pp10 – L. Ouellette – D. Marfisi
10 – Luck Of Michelle – pp11 – M. Saftic – J. Pentland

Division #2
Post Position – Horse – Listed Driver – Trainer
1 – Angel Of Desire – M. Saftic – T. Gillespie
2 – Pilgrims Her Way – J. Moiseyev – T. Artandi
3 – Spun Sugar – J. Jamieson – C. Jamieson
4 – Southwind Rio – Ma. Macdonald – W. Elliott
5 – Treat Me Good – L. Ouellette – B. Robinson
6 – Ja El Elegantmoves – J. Jamieson – C. Jamieson
7 – Canadette – P. MacDonell – R. McNair
8 – Southwind Miata – P. MacDonell – M. Steacy
9 – Blissfull Jessie – R. Zeron – D. Martin
10 – Hazel – M. Baillargeon – B. Wallace
11 – Michelles Power – Ma. MacDonald – W. Elliott

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