by Karen Briggs, WEG media department

Campbellville, ON — She went postward at 2-5 and Has An Attitude didn’t disappoint, as she cruised to an easy 2-3/4 length victory in her C$20,000 split of the second leg of the Ontario Sired Spring Series for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Monday night (May 5) at Mohawk Racetrack.

Has An Attitude rolled to a personal best 1:53.2 score for Mark MacDonald.

The daughter of No Pan Intended played a waiting game while longshot Southwind Morning set early fractions of :28 and :56.2, with the Count Ten Stable’s Justa Minx in the pocket spot behind. Driver Roger Mayotte then sent Justa Minx to the front, a position she held until being hunted down in the stretch, first by opening round winner Changing Gears, and then by Has An Attitude, who came three-wide with Mark MacDonald sitting chilly as she accelerated past her rivals to set a new lifetime mark of 1:53.2. Changing Gears hung on for second, while Im Just Special grabbed the show spot and Justa Minx crossed the wire fourth.

“She’s real handy,” commented MacDonald post-race. “She can do whatever she wants. She’s aggressive and she feels like she’s got a lot of gate speed if I wanted to leave with her, but tonight they were going along up front so I was able to come from behind. That’s a big asset when you can go either way with them.”

Has An Attitude, trained by Erv Miller for Brittany Farms of Kentucky, is now five-for-five and will undoubtedly be leaving at even shorter odds in the C$60,000 final, scheduled for Monday, May 12, at Mohawk.

In the second of the two OSSS divisions, 19-1 shot Allamerican Tiger surprised with a 1:55.1 triumph for linesman Mario Baillargeon and trainer Scott McEneny.

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Allamerican Tiger was a 1:55.1 winner for Mario Baillargeon.

The Grinfromeartoear filly, who was scratched sick from the Spring Series opener last week, made a four-wide late rush to overtake a flagging Serious Camotion (Mike Saftic) and slip under the wire a length to the good. Astreos Delight rushed up for second and Torrid Pace was third, with favorite Serious Camotion picking up a check for fourth.

“She had a great trip, second or third over,” said Baillargeon. “She’s a nice filly. She qualified decent six or seven weeks ago, and then (McEneny) had problems with her — she’s been sick a couple of times. We raced her off the pace tonight, and she had a pretty good half in front of her in :56. A couple of those fillies got tired and she picked up the pieces. She’s a better filly than the program shows.”

Allamerican Tiger paid $40.90 for the win and more than doubled her lifetime earnings for owners Michelle McEneny and Joe Tinelli of Edmonton, Alberta.