Fields Set For Elegantimage Friday night's stakes eliminations at Mohawk Racetrack kicked off with a battle between a pair of award-winning trotting fillies as Bee A Magician faced off against To Dream On for the first time this year....read on
2 -- Trot, purse $35,000 (EX, P3, TR)
ELEGANTIMAGE - ELIMINATION - 3 YEAR OLD FILLIES.
N:r Plac. Häst Härstamning Kusk Tränare Tid Dist. Odds Pris
2 1 Bee A Magician Kadabra - Beehive Rick Zeron Richard Norman 1:53.3 1609 13 17 500
5 2 Princess Lilly Muscle Mass - Golden Goose Mario Baillargeon Benoit Baillargeon 1:53.3 1609 236 8 750
4 3 To Dream On Credit Winner - Satin Pillows Yannick Gingras Jimmy Takter 1:54.3 1609 30 4 200
7 4 Mistery Woman Donato Hanover - My Dolly's Dream David Miller Jonas Czernyson 1:55.0 1609 231 2 800
1 5 Seeuinthespring Striking Sahbra - Harmony Springs Anthony Macdonald Ronald Parsons 1:55.0 1609 892 1 750
6 0 Samartina Muscles Yankee - Valbruna Randy Waples John Bax 1:56.3 1609 612
3 0 Quiet Snow Angus Hall - Americansnowqueenk Ron Pierce Björn Norén 1:59.1 1609 1066
Time: 26.4, 56.1, 1:25.2, 1:53.3 (Temperature: 14, Condition: FT, Variant: 0)
1st Bee A Magician (b,f,3 - Kadabra-Beehive-Balanced Image)
Owner: Melvin Hartman,Ottawa,ON-Herb A Liverman,Miami Beach-David H Mc Duffee,Delray Beach,FL
2nd Princess Lilly (b,f,3 - Muscle Mass-Golden Goose-S Js Photo)
Owner: Les Ecuries Piramidan,Gatineau,QC
3rd To Dream On (blk,f,3 - Credit Winner-Satin Pillows-Conway Hall)
Owner: Marvin Katz,Toronto-Al J Libfeld,Pickering-Sam A Goldband,Toronto,ON
3 -- Trot, purse $35,000 (EX, P3, TR)
ELEGANTIMAGE - ELIMINATION - 3 YEAR OLD FILLIES.
N:r Plac. Häst Härstamning Kusk Tränare Tid Dist. Odds Pris
5 1 Angies Lucky Star Angus Hall - Angie Blue Chip Sylvain Filion Richard Moreau 1:53.1 1609 60 17 500
7 2 Shared Past Chocolatier - Armbro Deja Vu Yannick Gingras Jonas Czernyson 1:54.0 1609 15 8 750
6 3 Handover Belle Andover Hall - Harbour Belle Mike Lachance Tony Alagna 1:54.1 1609 39 4 200
3 4 Charmed Life Majestic Son - Christina M Paul MacDonell John Bax 1:54.2 1609 401 2 800
2 5 Rockin With Dewey Deweycheatumnhowe - Silky Celine Mario Baillargeon Benoit Baillargeon 1:54.2g 1609 550 1 750
4 0 Raring To Go From Above (S) - Volita Du Ling David Miller Jonas Czernyson 1:54.2g 1609 135
1 d Drink The Wine Andover Hall - Naked Lyric Jack Moiseyev Richard Norman dg 1609 352
Time: 27.2, 57, 1:24.3, 1:53.1 (Temperature: 14, Condition: FT, Variant: 0)
1st Angies Lucky Star (b,f,3 - Angus Hall-Angie Blue Chip-Credit Winner)
Owner: Trevor Henry Stables Inc,Arthur-Estate Of Daniel J McCann,Parkhill,ON
2nd Shared Past (b,f,3 - Chocolatier-Armbro Deja Vu-Donerail)
Owner: William J Donovan,Ft Lauderdale,FL
3rd Handover Belle (br,f,3 - Andover Hall-Harbour Belle-Lindy Lane)
Owner: John A Carver,Bettendorf,IA-Howard A Taylor,Philadelphia,PA
Bee A Magician
Angies Lucky Star
Fields Set For Elegantimage Friday night's stakes eliminations at Mohawk Racetrack kicked off with a battle between a pair of award-winning trotting fillies as Bee A Magician faced off against To Dream On for the first time this year.
Last year's divisional O'Brien and Dan Patch Award winners hooked up in the first Elegantimage Stakes elimination for sophomore fillies with Bee A Magician winning the duel in a 1:53.3 career-best clocking.
To Dream On (Yannick Gingras) was first to fire from post four with Princess Lilly (Mario Baillargeon) parked out through a :26.4 opening panel before finding a spot at the pylons in second.
As the fillies headed down the backstretch to the half-mile mark in :56.1, driver Rick Zeron sent the popular Bee A Magician first over from fifth and moved up to challenge To Dream On during the third panel.
The award-winning fillies battled on top past the 1:25.2 third quarter mark and into the stretch, before Bee A Magician took over. She prevailed by half a length over the fast-closing Princess Lilly while To Dream On settled for third. Mistery Woman (David Miller) followed in fourth and a from-last Seeuinthespring (Anthony MacDonald) also made the stakes final in fifth.
The top five fillies in the eliminations will return for the final next Saturday on North America Cup Night with the winners' connections earning the right to pick their post positions.
Undefeated in four sophomore stakes starts, Bee A Magician paid $2.60 to win as the 1-5 favourite.
The Kadabra-Beehive filly, who has already collected SBOA and Casual Breeze Stakes trophies this season, is trained by Richard 'Nifty' Norman for Ottawa owner Melvin Hartman and Florida partners Herb Liverman and David McDuffee.
Angies Lucky Star won the fastest elimination in the following dash with a 1:53.1 front-end performance.
Driver Sylvain Filion hustled Angies Lucky Star off the gate from post five and cleared to command over insider Drink The Wine (Jack Moiseyev) just before quarter :27.2 quarter pole.
The Angus Hall-Angie Blue Chip filly proceeded to the half in :57 while favourite Shared Past (Yannick Gingras) launched a first over attack from fifth. Shared Part confronted the leading lady while Drink The Wine broke stride from the pocket as they approached the third-quarter mark in 1:24.3.
But Angies Lucky Star rebuffed her main rival into the stretch and opened up four lengths to win in a new lifetime mark. Shared Past finished second while Handover Belle (Mike Lachance) came on for third. Charmed Life (Paul MacDonell) and Rockin With Dewey (Mario Baillargeon) rounded out the top five finishers after double placings.
Angies Lucky Star paid $12 to win as the 5-1 third choice.
She is owned by the Trevor Henry Stables Inc. of Arthur, Ont. and the Estate of Daniel J. McCann of Parkhill, Ont. while Richard Moreau has taken over the training duties with Henry, Canada's World Driving Championship representative, and his wife Shannon are en route to France.
