Hollsten Victory
 Harness racing’s youngest stars toppled multiple records in the Fall Four
Stakes Saturday night at Woodbine Racetrack.
Crys Dream made a quarter pole move and blazed to a 1:54.3 track and
stakes record in the $502,000 Goldsmith Maid for two-year-old trotting
fillies.
Cedar Dove (Ron Pierce) crossed over from the outside Post 10 off the
gate to establish the early lead well before the first turn. She hit the
opening mark in :27.1 as heavy favourite Crys Dream, driven by Luc
Ouellette, made her move from third.
Crys Dream swept to command down the backstretch and reached the half in
:56.3 followed by three-quarters in 1:26.2 with the parked out L A Freeway
(Paul MacDonell) looming from first over.
Crys Dream sprinted away down the stretch as Cedar Dove pulled the pocket
with an eighth-of-a-mile to go. Crys Dream was too fast to catch though as
she hit the wire in 1:54.3 with a half-length to spare. The time of the mile
set a new stakes record, lowered her own track record of 1:55.1 set in the
Goldsmith Maid elims, and just missed Snow White’s Canadian record by
one-fifth of a second.
Cedar Dove was the runner-up with L A Expressway nearly eight lengths
back in third.
Crys Dream paid $2.30 to win as the 1-9 favourite. The Taurus
Dream-Crystas Image filly is now seven-for-eight in her young career with
wins in the In Free Trotting Series, Champlain Stakes, Peaceful Way Stakes
and now Goldsmith Maid. She is trained by Henrik Hollsten for breeder Reve
Avec Moi Dreamwithme of Knowlton, Que., Deo Volente Farms LLC of Flemington
and T L P Stable of Kearny, New Jersey. The lion’s share of the purse lifts
her bankroll to $596,065.
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