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The top performers in the 2016 Ontario Sires Stakes program converged at Mohawk Racetrack for Saturday's $2 million Super Final Night at Mohawk Racetrack....read on
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Race 7 -- Trot, purse $250,000 (EX, P3, SU, TR) ONTARIO SIRES STAKES - GOLD SUPER FINAL - 3 YEAR OLDS COLTS & GELDINGS. Last Horse HV PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 2 Warrawee Roo= 2 6/11H 5@/5 4@/3 2/1 1/1 1:53.4 28.2 S Filion 7.75 L Blais 6 Will Take Charge 6 2/H 4/3T 5/4 4/3 2/1 1:54 28.2 P Macdonell 7.00 J Bax 1 Dia Monde 1 5/8H 3@/2 1@/HD 1/1 3/1T 1:54.1 29.2 D Mcnair 3.45 T Durand 8 Bee In Charge 8 1@/H 2/1T 3/2Q 3/2H 4/4 1:54.3 29.2 C Christoforou 4.70 P Henriksen 4 Zagster 4 3/2Q 6/6 7/7Q 5/6T 5/9 1:55.3 29.2 Trev Henry 25.55 S Henry 5 Tony Soprano=(L) 5X X8/20 8/17Q 8/13 7/11T 6/10T 1:56 28.3 J Campbell 5.10 R Mcintosh 9 Dunvegan Don=(L) 9 7/14 7@/7 6@/5T 6/7Q 7/12 1:56.1 30.1 Ri Zeron 68.00 H Holland 7 Muscle Hustle= 7 4/5 1/1T 2X/HD X8/12T 8/26H 1:59 34.1 Ra Waples 1.80* P Henriksen 3 Sass= X3 9/DIS 9/DIS 9/DIS 9/DIS 9/DIS Ja Macdonald RE M Steacy Time: 27.1, 57, 1:24.4, 1:53.4 (Temperature: 15, Condition: FAST, Variant: 0) 1st Warrawee Roo (b,c,3 - Majestic Son-Karoon-Yankee Glide) Owner: Determination,Montreal,QC 2nd Will Take Charge (b,g,3 - Kadabra-Celebrity Angel-Yankee Glide) Owner: Bax Stable,Campbellville,ON-Gordon C Wright,Charlotte,MI-Don A Allensen,Wyoming-John F Hayes,Sharon,ON 3rd Dia Monde (b,g,3 - Deweycheatumnhowe-Lady Bar-Malabar Man) Owner: June J Durand-Thomas R Durand,Puslinch-Allan J Smith,Oakville,ON
The top performers in the 2016 Ontario Sires Stakes program converged at Mohawk Racetrack for Saturday's $2 million Super Final Night at Mohawk Racetrack.
Sylvain Filion managed another mild upset with 7-1 shot Warrawee Roo, who helped make amends for his stablemate On A Sunny Day's miscue earlier in the night. This time, the connections of trainer Luc Blais and owner Determination of Montreal, Que. benefitted from a break in stride made by the favourite.
Will Take Charge (Paul MacDonell) took charge firing off the gate from post six over Zagster (Trevor Henry), but his lead was short-lived as post eight starter Bee In Charge (Chris Christoforou) continued his march to the top through a :27.1 opening quarter.
From there, divisional leader and 9-5 favourite Muscle Hustle (Randy Waples) came rushing up from an early four-hole to take over command on the way to the :57 half-mile mark.
Dia Monde (Doug McNair) then took his shot and gained a slight advantage while Muscle Hustle tried to fight back before breaking stride at the 1:24.4 third quarter mark. Dia Monde inherited the lead with Warrawee Roo rallying off his cover down the middle of the track to score in 1:53.4 by one length. Will Take Charge finished second over Dia Monde, with Bee In Charge closing inside fourth.
"When you've got guys that work all year after their horses and they're a heavy favourite in the final and make a break like that, it's pretty tough to take," said Filion, referring the the Blais-trained On A Sunny Day, "but luckily this horse here, who we didn't really expect to win at all, he saved the night.
"We had a good trip; we had a second-over trip. I knew if I could get a decent trip and he could stay flat, because that's the main thing with him. He's got a lot of issues, health and soundness issues, and he's beat these horses before, but he's made a lot of breaks lately. Tonight, he kept it together and man, he was strong."
Warrawee Roo, who entered the Super Final off a qualifying mile after making breaks in his last two starts, paid $17.50 to win.
Bred by Warrawee Farm of Rockwood, Ont., the bay colt was purchased for $44,000 from the Canadian Yearling Sale. After going winless in four starts as a freshman, he has earned five wins from 14 races this year with his Super Final winnings doubling his bankroll.
"I think he'll be a really nice four-year-old and I'm looking forward to him," said Filion.
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