A pair of graded stakes for pacing fillies took center stage on the Friday night (Sept. 5) card of racing at Woodbine Mohawk Park with Perfectly Chic and Fabulous Hanover collecting the crowns in their respective events.
Category: Grand Circuit Results
Labor Day Grand Circuit events contested
The Labor Day weekend was a light schedule for the Grand Circuit events with only four Grand Circuit events at Woodbine Mohawk Park including the Grade 1 finals of the Maple Leaf Trot and the Canadian Pacing Derby. Also, on the card the Grade 3 Simcoe stakes for 3-year-old trotting colts and fillies.
Maximus Miki musters muscle for Canadian Pacing Derby upset
Scott Zeron spun for home widest of all with Maximus Miki and built momentum through the stretch to reel in weary pacesetter Ervin Hanover and clinch gold in the C$690,000 Grade 1 Canadian Pacing Derby on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Emoticon Legacy sets stakes record, R Dutchess rolls in Simcoe Stakes
Louis-Philippe Roy planted Emoticon Legacy on the point and carved a comfortable mile as a decisive 1-5 chalk over double-millionaire Maryland to take the Grade 3 C$158,125 Simcoe 3-Year-Old Open Trot, one of two Simcoe Stakes events on the Saturday card at Woodbine Mohawk Park, in a stakes record 1:50.3.
Bythemissal equals track, Canadian record in Canadian Pacing Derby elimination
Yannick Gingras held Bythemissal behind pacesetter Coaches Corner for as long as possible before unleashing his headstrong charge in the stretch to take the second of two eliminations for the Grade 1 Canadian Pacing Derby in a 1:46.4 mile, matching the track and Canadian record, on Saturday night (Aug. 23) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Beau Jangles sets stakes record in Nassagaweya
Beau Jangles improved to five-for-five to lead Saturday night’s 2-year-old pace Grand Circuit events at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The Grade 3 Nassagaweya for pacing colts and Grade 3 Eternal Camnation for pacing fillies saw a total of four divisions contested.
Racing Rebel leads Grade 3 winners at Scioto
Eldorado Scioto Downs hosted four $100,000 Grade 3 events on Saturday (Aug. 23). Headlined by the sixth annual #SendItIn Invitational for open pacers, the 4-year-old Racing Rebel won over the full field of 10 in 1:49.1.
Ardonne dominant, equals stakes record in William Wellwood Memorial
Scott Zeron made a decisive brush up the backstretch with Ardonne and remained in front from there to take the $485,000 (CAD) Grade 1 William Wellwood Memorial for 2-year-old trotters in a stakes-record-equaling 1:52.4 mile on Saturday night (Aug. 23) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Sugar Packet pours it on in Peaceful Way
Sugar Packet found a seam into the turn for home and then powered down the lane en route to a scintillating score in the $385,000 (CAD) Grade 1 Peaceful Way final Saturday evening (Aug. 23) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Aetos Kronos S sets track, Canadian record in Maple Leaf Trot elimination
The 9-year-old Bold Eagle stallion Aetos Kronos S kept the gears turning while gutting through a parked first half and stopped the clock with plenty of steam to set a track and Canadian record to win his $50,000 Maple Leaf Trot elimination at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday night (Aug. 22) in the first sub-1:50 mile on Canadian soil.