Talk about a couple in perfect harmony. Three times this year Yannick Gingras has driven the Trond Smedshammer-trained Walspea, and three times this year the pair have made it to the winner’s circle. In Friday night’s (Sept. 4) feature at The Meadowlands, the prolific pairing took the fourth and final $40,000 leg of the Miss Versatility for open mare trotters in a dazzling lifetime-best 1:50.2.
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Walspea rides pocket to G2 Steele Memorial triumph
After falling just short of Yo Tillie in a Miss Versatility leg last week, Walspea found enough to strike the front in deep stretch and also evade a pair of late pursuers en route to a lifetime-best 1:50.3 score in Saturday’s (Aug. 8) Grade 2 $183,650 Dr. John R. Steele Memorial, for trotting mares, at the Meadowlands.
Walspea, Smedshammer stay hot at Philly
The Walner filly Walspea helped continue a highly-productive “early season” for trainer-driver Trond Smedshammer by trotting to a new mark of 1:53.3 in the $13,500 feature on Thursday afternoon (July 3) under hot conditions at Harrah’s Philadelphia.