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Yacht Seelster set sail off the final turn to catch the popular pacesetter Lets Get Pickled at the wire in the featured $11,000 Preferred 2 & 3 Handicap Pace on Friday night (June 10) at Grand River Raceway.
Three longshots - Semi Tough, Poseidon Seelster, and Funatthebeach N - and two favourites - Leonidas A and Nicholas Beach - were victorious in the five $50,000 divisions of the third leg of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series on Monday night at Yonkers Raceway.
Poseidon Seelster made a splash one week ago with a return to the racetrack in qualifying action, and the speedy five-year-old sharpened for pari-mutuel action with a second solid qualifier on Friday (Jan. 14) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
For the second straight year, a Rideau Carleton Raceway track record has fallen during Ontario Sires Stakes competition. In the second of two $99,800 Gold Series divisions at the Ottawa oval on Sunday, July 11, three-year-old trotting colt Logan Park sprinted down the stretch to reel in pacesetter Highland Mowgli and trip the teletimer at 1:52.4. Highland Mowgli settled for second, a half length behind the favourite, and Macho Martini was three lengths behind in third. The mile lowered the former three-year-old trotting colt and gelding record of 1:54.1 set by All Wrapped Up in 2019 and equal...
Driver Dexter Dunn employed a methodical first-over grind for the six-year-old mare Manchego and survived late pressure from a game pacesetter and a surging closer to win the $141,250 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial in 1:51.1 on Saturday (May 15) at The Meadowlands. In her first start of the season, Dunn floated the Nancy Takter trainee into fifth as Guardian Angel As gunned for the lead to a :26.3 opening quarter. Felicityshagwell S, also flaunting early foot but from an outside post, raced parked and pressed forward into the backstretch to take the lead. Manchego meanwhile crept forward on the ri...