by Karen Briggs, WEG Media

Campbellville, ON — The 3-5 favorite Put On A Show survived a fierce scrimmage at the wire to capture the C$810,300 She’s A Great Lady Stakes for 2-year-old filly pacers on Saturday (Sept. 5) at Mohawk.

The lead changed hands on multiple occasions throughout the mile, with early leader Panagler (Steve Condren) giving way to Dancinwiththestarz (Yannick Gingras) and then Rock N Soul (George Brennan) as the fillies stepped through fractions of :27.1, :55.1, and 1:23.2.

You See L A and John Campbell put pressure on Rock N Soul from the outside but failed to clear, and as the field turned for home a rush of eager lasses surged forward, with Higher And Higher (Jack Moiseyev) and Put On A Show (Jody Jamieson) both surpassing Rock N Soul while Fancy Filly (Brian Sears) also made a huge move from the backfield.

When the dust cleared, it was Put On A Show who had prevailed from the far outside by a quarter of a length, with Higher And Higher second and Fancy Filly third. The winning time was 1:52.

Put On A Show, a 2-year-old daughter of Rocknroll Hanover, is now perfect in five lifetime starts for conditioner Chris Ryder and owners Richard Young and Craig Henderson. She was a $75,000 yearling purchase and has now earned just shy of C$500,000 for her connections.

“I wanted to be somewhere in the middle of the pack, where I could catch cover,” commented Jamieson. “Going around the last turn I thought to myself, ‘this is the trip, let’s see if she’s up to it,’ and she was.

“She was a little steppy on the backside of the track; it’s lightning fast and that means it’s a little bit harder than usual. I think it was taking its toll on her, so she was a little steppy and I had to be careful with her. When I tipped her three-wide I wanted to follow cover as long as I could. I knew she could give me one big kick and it was just enough, actually, to get to the wire.

“Jackie Mo’s filly (Higher And Higher) is only on her second or third lifetime start so she was fabulous in her own right, but my filly showed last week that she’s a killer. It’s huge (to win the She’s A Great Lady). It’s the only one I’m in tonight of the three big ones and it’s just awesome getting it done.”