Random Destiny Grabs Another Gold Title
Random Destiny got up in the final strides to tie the track
record for three-year-old trotting fillies and capture her
second Ontario Sires Stakes Gold title of the season on
Wednesday evening at Windsor Raceway.
Post 7 starter Emmylou Who (Lyle MacArthur) opened up an
early two-length lead off the gate but was quickly collared by
the parked out
Random Destiny and trainer-driver Riina Rekila, who left
from Post 3, just past the :28.2 opening quarter.
With her sights set on cutting out the mile again this week,
elimination runner-up Emmylou Who moved back out for the retake
in front of the grandstand and cleared the lead at the half in
:57.2 with Ipromisenottotell (Phil Hudon) advancing first over
from fifth.
Emmylou Who trotted past three-quarters in 1:26.1 and braced
for a challenge from the pocket-pulling Random Destiny in the
stretch, but couldn’t hold off the elimination winner. Random
Destiny kicked home in :29.3 to edge out Emmylou Who for the
second consecutive week in 1:56 by a neck. The time of the mile
equaled the three-year-old trotting
track record for fillies set by Carolyn As in 2007.
Ipromisenottotell finished one length behind in third with
Poof Shes Gone (David Miller) and Woke Up Dreaming (Doug McNair)
completing the cashiers.
Random Destiny paid $3.90 to win as the 4-5 favourite. The
Ken Warkentin-Front Porch Swing filly, who won the first OSS
Gold Final of the season on May 23 at Mohawk Racetrack, notched
her fifth win in 16 starts this year for Overseas Farms Ltd. of
Campbellville, Ont. The lion’s share of the $130,000 purse
pushed her 2010 earnings to $340,923 and lifetime winnings to
$541,223.
The top 10 three-year-old trotting fillies in the OSS program
will begin prepping for the $300,000 season-ending Super Final,
scheduled for Nov. 13 at Woodbine Racetrack.
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