OSS Super Finals In The Books
Random Destiny
wore down pacesetter Emmylou Who for a 1:55 triumph in the
three-year-old filly trot Super Final.

Emmylou Who (Lyle MacArthur) left from Post 5 and reached the
opening quarter in :27.3. As she took a breather during the
second panel, trainer-driver Riina Rekila sent Random Destiny
first over from fourth. Random Destiny pushed ahead past the
:58.1 half-mile mark but Emmylou Who put up a fight and came
back on as they raced by three-quarters in 1:26.1. The top pair
battled down the stretch with Random Destiny getting up to score
by three-quarters of a length in 1:55. Poof Shes Gone (Jody
Jamieson) rounded out the top three.
"I was just driving my race and my horse was feeling so
strong there in the last turn and I was thinking that if there
was not some superstar coming we would win this race," said
Rekila in the winner's circle. "She's is very good shape and I
didn't even pull the earplugs."
Random Destiny paid $4.80 to win as the 3-2 favourite. The
daughter of Ken Warkentin-Front Porch Swing picked up her fourth
win in a row and sixth of the season in 17 starts. The two-time
Gold winner this year has put away $490,923 for Overseas Farms
Ltd. of Campbellville, Ont. With the win, her career earnings
climbed to $691,223.
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