Dip Me Hanover Delivers In Peaceful Way
When Dip Me Hanover first stepped onto Canadian soil last week she was winless in six attempts, but she’s clearly taken her game to a whole new level since shifting to the Great White North for trainer Linda Toscano.
After capturing last week’s Peaceful Way elimination in maiden-breaking fashion, Dip Me Hanover returned to victory lane – this time in the $405,000 final of the Peaceful Way at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Hello Tomorrow worked her way to the early lead from Post 9, and she was at the quarter marker in :28.2. She continued to lead the field through middle fractions of :57.4 and 1:26.2. Dip Me Hanover, who sat third through the opening half, made a first-over bid around the final turn and quickly took it to Hello Tomorrow.
Those two fillies battled all the way down the lane, with Dip Me Hanover ultimately using a :28.3 closing quarter to prevail by a length over Hello Tomorrow in 1:55.2. P L Notsonice, who was outside for most of the mile, was a solid third.
“She was a little high strung, so we spent a lot of time kind of getting her quiet and taking her back,” said Toscano. “She’s been just waiting for a good post and it came along last week and David (Miller) took it from there.”
Sent off as the 7-5 favourite, the daughter of Donato Hanover-Dancing For Money improved her 2019 record to 2-1-1 from eight starts for the partnership of the Camelot Stable Inc, Dreamville Stable and Randi Farms LLC. Purchased for $52,000 from last year’s Harrisburg Yearling Sale, Dip Me Hanover has now banked $237,015.
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To view results for Saturday's card of harness racing, click the following link: Saturday Results – Woodbine Mohawk Park.