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Casual Breeze Stakes    3 st divisioner
3 year old Filly 1.609m auto    Purse: 75 000$ 

Buck I St Pat lowers stakes record; MacDonell and Bax capture two Casual Breeze divisions

TORONTO, June 2, 2022 � Buck I St Pat recorded the fastest mile by a three-year-old trotting filly this season and driver Paul MacDonell captured the other two splits with John Bax pupils, as three $75,000 divisions of the Casual Breeze Stakes highlighted the Saturday evening programme of racing from Woodbine.

In the third division, with pilot Dave Palone in tow, Buck I St Pat ($3.60, $3.00, $3.00) sat second to the :27.4 opening quarter before the invading driver sent his mount first-up, clearing easily in the backstretch prior to the :57.2 half-miler marker. From there the daughter of Jailhouse Jesse clicked off three quarters in 1:27.1 and came the final quarter-mile in 28 seconds all on her own.
 

Buck I St Pat eventually recorded a 1:55.1 mile, which stands as a new stakes record.

Armbro Domino ($4.60, $4.50) and driver Chris Christoforou finished second, 5� lengths in arrears, completing the $14.50 exactor. With Charlie Norris at her controls, Clareen ($13.60) finished five and three-quarter lengths back of Buck I St Pat, rounding out the $208.80 triactor.

�She was wrapped up finishing,� Palone said about Buck I St Pat, who is eligible to Woodbine�s Elegantimage Stakes (June17) and is owned by Howard Taylor, Edwin Gold, Abraham Basen and R. R. Fuller. �I was a little concerned going out of there [leaving the gate]. I didn�t want to get her hot and have to release someone and maybe have her jump out of gear. We missed the gate a little bit, but she�s a quality filly.�

Buck I St Pat won six of her eight races as a two-year-old and has now notched two wins in her three starts so far this campaign.

Buck I St Pat has now banked $117,986 in her career, $57,300 of which coming from this season.

In the opening division, Oaklea Omega ($6.10, $2.90, $2.30), a Balanced Image filly trained by John Bax, took a pocket trip and eventually trotted away to a two-length victory in a life�s mark clocking of 1:57.2 for driver Paul MacDonell.

After coming first-over on the final turn, Exquisite Way ($10.10, $5.20) and driver Rick Zeron finished second, rounding out the $76.90 exactor.

With pilot Luc Ouellette at her lines, Gastine ($3.80) cut the fractions in :28.4, :100.1 and 1:29.4, respectively, and finished three length back of Oaklea Omega, completing the $382.40 triactor.

�I was really happy with her effort,� said MacDonell, who helped improved Oaklea Omega�s seasonal record to 1-3-0 from her fifth start, bumping her 2006 earnings to $86,752. �When she came off cover just past the three-quarters pole she had a ton of trot left. The trip really helped her.�

Oaklea Omega, who is eligible to the Elegantimage, now has three career wins and $165,745 in purses on her card for owners Parkhill Stud Farm, Brilo Farms, Glenn Van Camp and Venture K Stables.

MacDonell picked up his second Casual Breeze win of the evening in the second division, as he piloted another Bax trainee, Oaklea Odessa ($3.20, $2.40, $2.20), to a gate-to-wire victory in 1:56.3, extending the Balanced Image filly�s 2006 unbeaten streak to five.

Fresh off her sweep of an O.S.S. Gold Series event at Hiawatha Horse Park, Oaklea Odessa, also eligible to the Elegantimage, recorded the fractions in :28.2, :59-flat and 1:28.4 before coming home with a :27.4 final quarter to seal the 2�-length victory.

Driven by Jeff Gregory, Mai Tai ($12.30, $6.10) finished second and rounded out the $75.30 exactor, while Drugeda ($4.90) and driver Trevor Ritchie finished three lengths in arrears and completed the $380.00 triactor.

Pure Ivory, an O�Brien and WEG Award winner in 2005, broke stride early and was subsequently distanced.

�I figured she�d be tough to beat after getting there [the opening half-mile] unstressed. Even the third quarter was pretty leisurely for her, so she was able to snap home pretty good with a fast fraction off that,� MacDonell said about Oaklea Odessa, who has seasonal earnings of $144,754 and $244,553 in career purses for owners Parkhill Stud Farm, Ariel Stables and Glenn Van Camp.

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