Driver Colin Kelly left quickly with Willyorwonthe from post 7 and gave the field the slip to win the $11,500 Preferred 2 & 3 Trot on Monday (Aug. 2) at Grand River Raceway. He employed similar tactics to take the $8,500 Horses & Geldings Preferred 3 Pace with Pretty Handsome.
In the trot, Kelly secured the top with Willyorwonthe to a :28 first quarter with Katch Kanna sitting second. The Kyle Bossence trainee continued uncontested past a :57.2 half and remained free of pressure to three-quarters in 1:26.2 as he kicked away from the faltering pocket sitter. Through the stretch, the eight-year-old Angus Hall gelding coasted to the beam to stop the clock in 1:56.3, besting Cool Muscle while Archies Star rallied for third.
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Pylon-starter Freddy Bear led at every pole to post a 1:55 victory in the $10,000 Horses & Geldings Preferred 3 Pace on Sunday (March 14) at Flamboro Downs.
Trainer-driver Jason Ryan floated Freddy Bear to the point as the field aligned in mostly post-position order. By the quarter in :29 and the half in :58.3, Freddy Bear faced a challenge up the backstretch when Exit Smiling pulled first over from third. Exit Smiling ranged towards Freddy Bear by three-quarters in 1:27, but abandoned the pacesetter circling the final turn while the seven-year-old Western Terror stallion strolled to a one-and-three-quarter length victory over pocket-sitter Shades Of Bay. About A Boy finished third.