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After a near miss in last week’s elimination, HP Royal Theo parlayed a perfect trip from second over en route to capturing Saturday’s $370,000 final of the William Wellwood Memorial for two-year-old trotting colts....read on
2 åriga 1.609 m auto Purse: $370 000 ()
Us dollar $277,500 (138,750 - 62,438 - 29,970 - 19,980 - 12,488 - (2,775 till övriga)
Race 6 -- Trot, purse $370,000 (EX, P3, SU, TR) WILLIAM WELLWOOD MEMORIAL - FINAL - 2 YEAR OLDS. Post time: 09:15 P.M. Lasix: 05:00 P.M. Horses Entered: 11
| Sta | Häst | Kön | Kusk | Tränare | Rek | Intj | Far | Mor | Morfar | Auk,Pris |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLUE CUPERTINO | H | Doug Mcnair | R Gregg McNair | 12,8 | 83 040 | KADABRA | RISE N SHINE | STRIKING SAHBRA | 20 000 |
| 2 | HETALKSTOANGELS | H | Chris Christoforou | Blake Macintosh | 15,1 | 20 293 | ARCHANGEL | J MARIE | ANGUS HALL | 36 000 |
| 3 | BACK OF THE NECK | H | Mattias Melander | Marcus Melander | 12,2 | 53 095 | READY CASH | BIG BARB | ANDOVER HALL | 150 000 |
| 4 | CAPRICORNUS | H | Tim Tetrick | Marcus Melander | 11,7 | 93 020 | CANTAB HALL | OH MY DARLIN | GLIDEMASTER | 110 000 |
| 5 | HP ROYAL THEO | V | Louis Philippe Roy | Benoit Baillargeon | 14,0 | 32 214 | ROYALTY FOR LIFE | MIKAS MAZURKA | S.J.'S CAVIAR | Homebred |
| 6 | NYLANDER | H | Jason Macdonald | Shawn Steacy | 13,6 | 29 285 | MUSCLE HILL | SUPERSTAR HANOVER | CANTAB HALL | 105 000 |
| 7 | MOON BRIDGE | H | Sylvain Filion | Åke Svanstedt | 12,7 | 61 678 | E L TITAN | CLASSIC BELLE | CLASSIC PHOTO | Homebred |
| 8 | PORT PERRY | H | Bob McClure | Luc Blais | 12,3 | 141 410 | KADABRA | DANICA HALL | DEWEYCHEATUMNHOWE | 85 000 |
| 9 | BEYOND KRONOS | H | Dexter Dunn | Jim Campbell | 11,4 | 35 200 | MUSCLE HILL | OYSTER KRONOS | CONWAY HALL | |
| 10 | SYNERGY | H | Yannick Gingras | Per Engblom | 11,4 | 100 120 | FATHER PATRICK | SOUTHWIND SAUNA | MUSCLES YANKEE | 275 000 |
| YOUR STILL UP | V | Chris Christoforou | R Dustin Jones | 13,2 | 24 817 | ROYALTY FOR LIFE | COLOR ME PRETTY | MUSCLES YANKEE |
HN Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Str Finish Actual LQ Odds 5 Hp Royal Theo= 5 5/3 5@/4 3@@/3Q 1/1 1/1T 1:54.2 28.2 6.70 4 Capricornus 4 6/5 6@/6 7@@/5T 4/2 2/1T 1:54.4 28.1 1.20 3 Back Of The Neck 3 3/1H 4/3T 5/4 5/2H 3/2Q 1:54.4 28.3 2.35 8 Port Perry= 8 2@/H 2/2 2/2 3/1Q 4/3H 1:55.0 29.1 7.20 1 Blue Cupertino= 1 8/8T 7/6H 6/5H 6/5Q 5/6 1:55.3 29.1 39.20 9 Beyond Kronos 9 1@@/H 1/2 1/2 2/1 6/6Q 1:55.3 30.1 21.35 7 Moon Bridge 7 7@/6T 8@/8Q 9@@/8 8/7T 7/9 1:56.1 29.1 14.90 10 Synergy 10 9@/8T 10@/10H 10@/9 10/9H 8/9 1:56.1 29.0 23.00 2 Hetalkstoangels= 2 10/10H 9/9H 8/7T 9/8H 9/9H 1:56.1 29.1 87.15 6 Nylander 6 4/1T 3@/2 4@/3T 7/7H 10/14H 1:57.1 31.0 41.55 Time: 27.2, 56.1, 1:25.2, 1:54.2 (Temperature: 15, Condition: FAST, Variant: 0) 1st Hp Royal Theo (b,g,2 - Royalty For Life-Mikas Mazurka-Sjs Caviar) Owner: Claude Hamel,Ayer'S Cliff-Michel Damphousse,Louiseville,QC 2nd Capricornus (b,c,2 - Cantab Hall-Oh My Darlin-Glidemaster) Owner: JJ Stable,Estonia,EST 3rd Back Of The Neck (b,c,2 - Ready Cash-Big Barb-Andover Hall) Owner: Howard A Taylor,Philadelphia,PA-Order BY Stable,Boras,SWD-Judith S Taylor,Bala Cynwyd,PA
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After a near miss in last week’s elimination, HP Royal Theo parlayed a perfect trip from second over en route to capturing Saturday’s $370,000 final of the William Wellwood Memorial for two-year-old trotting colts.
Beyond Kronos flew to the front from Post 9 and proceeded to knife out fractions of :27.2, :56.1 and 1:25.1 with relatively no pressure. HP Royal Theo got away fifth before sliding to the outside for driver Louis Philippe Roy to catch cover from second over as the field headed to the half.
Roy tipped his charge three-wide coming out of the final turn, and HP Royal Theo used a :28.2 closing quarter to prevail by 1-3/4 over even-money favourite Capricornus. That one’s stablemate, Back Of The Neck, rallied up the rail late to nab the show dough.
“He’s a freak, I call him the freak,” said Baillargeon of Hp Royal Theo. “He doesn’t mind fighting. His first qualifier he went :28 the first-quarter and :28 the last-quarter, the speed was always there we just had to manage him. Now he’s controlled it and we’re going to try to keep it that way.”
The homebred son of Royalty For Life-Mikas Mazurka, who hangs his harness bag in the barn of trainer Ben Baillargeon, now boasts a 2-2-0 from six tries for Quebec partners Claude Hamel and Michel Damphousse. The lion’s share of the purse bumped the juvenile’s bankroll to $227,600.
“Jean Tourigny did all the ground work and after that we had to work a few quirks he had,” said Baillargeon, who also gave credit to his trotter’s drivers. “He was a little aggressive, but between Sylvain (Filion) and Louis (Roy) we got it done and now we have a great horse.”
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