by Greg Blanchard, media/communications, Woodbine Entertainment Group

Toronto, ON — Driver Mario Baillargeon held the hot hands in Monday night’s (Jan. 28) first round of the Don Mills Trotting Series at Woodbine as he steered home two of the three divisional winners and finished second in the other split.

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Enny Youngman was a 1:55.3 winner for Mario Baillargeon.

Baillargeon clicked first in the second C$20,000 division with Theshowisfree in a lifetime best clocking of 1:56 and then came right back in the final division with Enny Youngman in 1:55.3 for brother Ben, who does the training.

The veteran reinsman guided Hoopie to a hard-charging second place finish in the opening split behind heavily favored Windsun Lane, who dominated his foes in 1:55.3.

Windsun Lane is now two-for-two to start the season while Theshowisfree and Enny Youngman were both winning for the first time in 2008.

The Don Mills is open to 4-year-olds who were non-winners of C$100,000 lifetime as of October 31, 2007. The second round goes next Monday night (Feb. 4) at Woodbine.