Tells On A Roll turned in a career-best effort in Friday night's $36,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred Handicap Pace to shake off a stern challenge from new millionaire Prohibition Legal through the Woodbine Mohawk Park stretch.

Driven by Travis Cullen, Tells On A Roll left from post six with the three-time O'Brien Award-winning mare So Much More (James MacDonald) pacing with her into the first turn before giving way at the inside for the pocket trip as the favourite forged on through a :26.4 opening quarter over the 'good' track. Tells On A Roll got a breather to the half in :56 before facing the first-over challenge from Prohibition Legal (Louis-Philippe Roy) and they battled on top through three-quarters in 1:23.2. The top two mares took off from the rest of the field into the stretch, with Tells On A Roll pulling clear late to score by 3-1/4 lengths in a career-best 1:49.4 effort.

Trained by Jodie Cullen, Tells On A Roll earned her second win and now has eight victories -- all in the Mares Preferred class -- while finishing no worse than fourth from 13 starts this season for owners Paul Sanders, A1stable and Ron Cullen. A career winner of 17 races from 39 starts, the four-year-old Tellitlikeitis-Have Rock Willroll mare has accumulated $540,486 in purses. She paid $3.10 to win as a the 1-2 favourite.

Prohibition Legal, an O'Brien Award winner as a two-year-old and 11-time career winner, earned millionaire status with her runner-up paycheque in her 28th career start for trainer Nick Gallucci and Millar Farms, owner and breeder of the Big Jim-Catch A Wish mare. So Much More rounded out the top three.

Mohawk also hosted Ontario Sires Stakes action on Friday night with the career-debuting Alimony Mike winning the fastest of four $27,397 divisions in 1:57.1 for the father and son, training and driving team of Tyler and Dustin Jones. The Royalty For Life-Color Me Pretty colt was bred by Dustin Jones Stables and is co-owned by Golden Bear Racing and Gestion C Levesque 2005inc.

Driver Louis-Philippe Roy scored a stakes double with a pair of first-time winners. The Kyle Fellows-trained Go Blue (Green Manalishi S-New Years Day) won his division in 1:59.2 for breeder Edward Wilson and co-owner Beverle Wilson while the Luc Blais trainee Day (Wheeling N Dealin-On A Sunny Day) scored in 1:58.3, with a :27.4 final frame, for owner/breeder Determination.

The other division went to Pierre In Paris (Archangel-French Doll), who won at first asking in 1:59 with Bob McClure driving for trainer Scott McEneny, who shares ownership with Aristi Varsakis, Martwest Racing and Cantucky Farm.

To view Friday's harness racing results, click the following link: Friday Results - Woodbine Mohawk Park.

(Standardbred Canada)