Trotting Tilly
ICF
3 year old Filly
1.609m auto
Purse: 9 000$
RACE 7 - Balmoral Park - IL - April 21, 2010
Conditions: 3 Year Old Filly Stake (Illinois Conceived & Foaled)
Gait: Trot Purse: $9,000 Class: F3yoStk-IB Distance: 1 mile Track Cond: FT Temp-Allow: 40-0 Off Time: 9:16 PM
HN Horse PP Finish Actual LQ Odds Driver Trainer
1A Merry High 4 1/1Q 2:00.2 26.4 E1.30 Michael Oosting Trenton Watson
3 Fox Valley Click 2 2/1Q 2:00.3 27.4 *0.70 Dale Hiteman Joel Smith
5 Aunt Ginny 6 X3/5 2:01.2g 28.2 8.30 Brian Carpenter Eric Collier
1 St Louis Holiday 3 4/8T 2:02.1 28.4 E1.30 Dean Magee Trenton Watson
2 Fox Valley Wish 1 5/15Q 2:03.2 30.0 44.80 Dave Magee Donald Freese
4 Tropicana Key 5 6/DIS 22.50 John De Long Jesse De Long
6 Fox Valley Genuine X7X 7/DIS 27.40 Steven Searle Steven Searle
1st Merry High (3, M High Falls - Merry Game - All In The Game)
Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Trenton Watson - IL, Brenda Watson - IL
Breeder(s): Mary Jeffers - IL
2nd Fox Valley Click (3, M Vaporize - Fancy Creek Photo - S J`s Photo)
Registered Owner(s): Paula Smith - IN, James Runyan - IL
Breeder(s): Fox Valley Standardbreds - IL
3rd Aunt Ginny (3, M Trophy Catch - Petes Joy - Stonewall Kosmos)
Registered Owner(s): James Fuhse - NJ, Kenny Collier - DE
Breeder(s): James Heflin - MI
Merry High cruises in Trotting Tilly Stake
The three-year-old state-bred harness racing trotting set was showcased on Wednesday night at Balmoral Park as a field of seven diagonally gaited fillies met in the $9,000 Trotting Tilly Stake.
After a pair of so-so efforts to open her second season, Trenton & Brenda Watson's Merry High certainly enjoyed the move back into the Illinois conceived and foaled ranks as she uncorked a wicked 26.4 final quarter to blow by her rivals for a 1 ¼ length triumph in 2:00.2.
Perfectly handled by catch-driver Mike Oosting, the daughter of High Falls-Merry Game sat near the back of the pack as the heavy favorite, Fox Valley Click (Dale Hiteman), led the field through leisurely splits of 31.1, 1:01.4 & 1:32.4.
With a five-length deficit to make up as the field turned for home, Oosting maneuvered the Trenton Watson trained miss to the outside and the bay filly responded beautifully as she picked off one rival after another in route to her seventh victory in 19 career starts. Fox Valley Click held on for second while Aunt Ginny (Brian Carpenter) survived a late miscue to finish third, some five lengths behind the winner.
Sent off as the second choice in the wagering as part of a Watson owned entry Merry High returned $4.60, $2.10 & $2.10 while pushing her career bankroll up to $33,063.
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