Farmington, ME — The sophomore pacing fillies enjoyed their day in the sun at the Farmington Fair, where two $14,684 divisions of Maine Sire Stakes were raced on Tuesday (Sept. 19).

South St Dottie was a 1:59.2 winner. Judy Ellis photo.

South St Dottie handily put away her field of cohorts in a wire-to-wire effort from post four. Driven by Aaron Hall for trainer Mike Graffam, the daughter of Western Maverick made every call a winning one, showing her heels to the field in a 1:59.2 score, with a :28.1 final quarter thrown in for good measure. Katelyn’s Angel (Kevin Switzer Jr.-Marc Tardif) was back a length and a half to be second; Ally Mac (Walter Case Jr.-Cain MacKenzie) was third.

Owned and bred by Jan Donaway, South St Dottie now has $66,285 in seasonal earnings with eight trips to the winner’s circle.

The Tardif Taskforce sent Pickmepickme out from the outermost post position in the second division, where she came from off the pace to wrap up another victory in 2:00. Driven by Andy Harrington, the daughter of Western Maverick was first over heading down the backside for the final time, and pulled away from the pack to win by 2-1/2 lengths. La Mambacita (Heath Campbell-Valerie Grondin) set the fractions and settled for second; Justcallmemimi (Case-Graffam) was third.

Owned, trained and bred by Marc Tardif, it was the 13th victory of Pickmepickme’s career, pushing her lifetime earnings to $139,720.

The Maine Sire Stakes concludes at the Farmington Fair on Wednesday (Sept. 20) with two divisions of the 3-year-old male pace. Next week, the Maine-sired Standardbreds transition over to the Cumberland Fair with the trotters on Wednesday (Sept. 27), the sophomore pacers on Friday (Sept. 29), and the $240,000 (est.) freshman finals on Saturday (Sept. 30).

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