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American Hot Rod Wins General Brock
Despite going up against a heavily-favoured four-horse entry
in Sunday’s $67,200 General Brock Trotting Series Final at
Woodbine Racetrack, American Hot Rod took his game to a whole
new level by playing the role of spoiler and upsetting his
four-year-old counterparts in a career-best clocking of 1:55.1.
 The four-year-old son of American Winner-Alpine Goal, who
finished second in the first two legs of the series, was pedal
to the metal to make to the early lead for driver Rick Zeron
before giving way to All Cantab and Jody Jamieson. All Cantab
led the field to the quarter pole in :27.4 before Zeron rolled
his charge right back to the lead.
American Hot Rod played a game of “catch me if you can”
through middle panels of :56.1 and 1:24.4 before finishing off
the competition with a :30.2 final frame. All Cantab, who
enjoyed the pocket trip for the majority of the mile, wound up
three-quarters of a length behind the winner while Good Luck
Penny and Sylvain Filion finished third
The four-horse entry, which was sent off at 1-2 in the
wagering, only managed a fifth-place cheque. The entry consisted
of three Ben Baillargeon trainees (Kilted Pride – 5th, Homer Jay
– 8th, Mcpride – 9th) and a Rod Hughes pupil (Winters Jewel –
6th).
Anthony Montini took over the training on American Hot Rod
following a private purchase following the opening leg of the
series. The six-time winner is now owned by Albina Montini, Paul
Giammichele, Bill Rogers and Joseph Rogers. The lion’s share of
the purse boosted the trotter’s lifetime earnings to $76,951 |