East Rutherford, NJ – Call Me Goo fought confidently when making two moves in her 1:51.2 winning effort in the $114,500 Six Pack Mare Trot on Saturday (June 28) at The Meadowlands and thrusted herself over the seven-figure earnings plateau in the process.
Trainer Ake Svanstedt drove the 5-year-old daughter of Googoo Gaagaa to her first win in three starts this year.
One of four mares for trainer Ake Svanstedt in the seven-horse field, Call Me Goo left swiftly from post seven and took the lead over M-M’s Dream and even-money favorite Dial Square S to cut the first quarter in :27.2. Call Me Goo controlled the engine in the backstretch until James MacDonald pulled Dial Square S, another Svanstedt-trained mare, from third to take the lead into a :55.4 half and continued on the motor to three-quarters in 1:24.1.
Svanstedt asked Call Me Goo to go turning for home and she responded out of the pocket with an easy swing back to the lead. Dial Square S surrendered in the stretch to closing moves from M-M’s Dream and Nelsonbriteagle NO, with M-M’s Dream closing ground on Call Me Goo in the closing stages. Call Me Goo rebuffed the sustained late challenge from M-M’s Dream to win by a length with Nelsonbriteagle NO finishing third and Dial Square S left in fourth.
Call Me Goo paid $4.40 in her 24th victory from 40 starts in her career. The top cash prize made her a millionaire, with $1.04 million accrued through her career thus far.
Ake Svanstedt recorded his third-straight training win in the Six Pack, winning in 2023 and 2024 with Jiggy Jog S. He co-owns the winning mare with Graham Grace Stables, William Roberts and Kiwi Stables.
After the race Ake said his strategy was to take the front off the gate. “She’s a tough mare and very good [on the front].” He said he was confident even when Dial Square S took over the lead. “It was good because she always tries and gets the lead back. And she can go with the colts, and she will.”