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Despite getting locked in down the backstretch, driver Brett Miller was able to maneuver Pure Country into the outer flow and the Jimmy Takter-trained three-year-old pacing filly closed late to earn millionaire status with a victory in the $438,000 Fan Hanover Stakes...read on
3 FILLY PACE 1.609 m auto Purse: $438 000 ()
Race 9 -- Pace, purse $438,000 (EX, P3, SU, TR) FAN HANOVER - FINAL - 3 YEAR OLD FILLIES. Last Horse HV PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 7 Pure Country 7 5/6H 7/6T 6@/4Q 3/1Q 1/1 1:49.3 26.2 B Miller 2.05* J Takter 2 Darlinonthebeach 2 2/1T 2/1H 3/1H 6/3 2/1 1:49.4 27.1 D Miller 2.10 N Johansson 6 L A Delight 6 3/3T 3/3Q 5/3Q 4/1H 3/1 1:49.4 26.4 Ra Waples 4.10 R Mcintosh 4 Newborn Sassy 4 7/10T 6@/5H 4@/2Q 2/T 4/1T 1:50 27.1 Ti Tetrick 7.70 J Looney King 5 Penpal 5 8/13 9@/9 8@/5T 7/3Q 5/3 1:50.1 26.3 P Lachance 15.45 P Lachance 10 Bad As Leader 10 10/17Q 10/10 9/7 9/4T 6/3Q 1:50.1 26.2 Trev Henry 122.05 G Lilley 1 Lindwood Beachgirl(L) 1 6/8H 4@/4 2@/Q 1/T 7/3H 1:50.1 27.4 Ja Macdonald 39.45 M Steacy 9 Mayhem Seelster 9 4@/4 5/5 7/5 8/4 8/4 1:50.2 27 J Moiseyev 75.80 T Osullivan 3 Good Will Hanover 3 1/1T 1/1H 1/Q 5/3 9/10T 1:51.4 29.2 C Christoforou 7.20 Dr I Moore 8 Lay Lady Lay 8 9/15Q 8@@X/7T 10/27 10/28 10/23 1:54.1 26.2 D Mcnair 48.60 C Matthews Time: 26.1, 54.3, 1:22.2, 1:49.3 (Temperature: 25, Condition: FAST, Variant: 0) 1st Pure Country (b,f,3 - Somebeachsomewhere-Western Montana-Western Hanover) Owner: Diamond Creek Racing,Wellsville,PA 2nd Darlinonthebeach (b,f,3 - Somebeachsomewhere-Darlins Delight-Bettors Delight) Owner: White Birch Farm,Allentown,NJ 3rd L A Delight (b,f,3 - Bettors Delight-West Of L A-Western Hanover) Owner: Robert McIntosh Stables Inc,Windsor,ON-C S X Stables,Liberty Center,OH-Al McIntosh Holdings Inc,Leamington,ON
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| Pure Country earned millionaire status, lifting her career earnings to $1,178,953. |
Despite getting locked in down the backstretch, driver Brett Miller was able to maneuver Pure Country into the outer flow and the Jimmy Takter-trained three-year-old pacing filly closed late to earn millionaire status with a victory in the $438,000 Fan Hanover Stakes.
The elimination winners raced one-two through a :26.1 quarter, with Good Will Hanover (Chris Christoforou) leading the way over the 9-5 favoured Darlinsonthebeach (Dave Miller) while the reigning Canadian divisional champion L A Delight (Randy Waples) followed in third.
Meanwhile, Mayhem Seelster (Jack Moiseyev) fired from post nine, but was left parked out through the first panel. As she looked for a spot in fourth ahead of Pure Country, the outer flow began to advance from behind.
Good Will Hanover continued to lead the field past the half in :54.3 and three-quarters in 1:22.2 with Lindwood Beachgirl (James MacDonald) moving up to challenge first over and Newborn Sassy following her cover. However, Miller was able to tip Pure Country out third over during the third panel and sent the Somebeachsomewhere-Western Montana filly widest of all the closers in the stretch to prevail by one length in a career-best clocking of 1:49.3. Darlinonthebeach finished second and L A Delight was third over Newborn Sassy.
The beaten favourite in her elimination, Pure Country was defeated by a neck by Good Will Hanover and sent off as the 5-2 second choice in the final.
"Things weren't working out very well at the beginning there and we slipped out there," noted Miller after the race. "She felt so good scoring down and she was really sick last week. Jimmy did a heck of a job getting her right. She was very good tonight.
"This track here, with this long stretch, you never know...you see a lot of horses win on the front, but you see a lot of horses come from off-the-pace. It's kind of tough to get in the right spot sometimes. She's just a great mare and she can overcome a lot."
The Miss Pennsylvania champion earned her second win this year from five starts after a perfect 10-for-10 freshman campaign for Pennsylvania owner/breeder Diamond Creek Racing. The Fan Hanover victory pushed her bankroll to $1,069,453.
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