Loua Dipa charted a record-breaking performance in the $470,000 Shes A Great Lady Stakes (Grade 1) for two-year-old pacing fillies at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday, Sept. 20.

It was a multi-horse scramble for the early lead as Jen Tilly (Yannick Gingras), Daya (Jody Jamieson) and Perfect Thought (Scott Zeron) slugged it out seconds after the starter car sped away, while Ronnie Wrenn Jr. kept 3-5 choice Loua Dipa out of the tussle and settled his charge into fifth going into the first turn.

Daya was on top through a sizzling opening panel in :25.3 but was supplanted on the front end by Perfect Thought, who assumed control shortly after. The fast-paced action continued when Daya reclaimed the lead, Perfect Thought broke stride and Loua Dipa moved into fourth.

Slowing the tempo, Daya reached the half in :54.3, followed by Jen Tilly, Fabulous Hanover (Louis-Philippe Roy) and Loua Dipa. Wrenn then floated his filly to the outer flow and set his sights on the leader. In a matter of seconds, Loua Dipa announced her arrival and engaged Daya ahead of the three-quarters in 1:22.2.

Straightening for home, Loua Dipa drifted momentarily, but quickly gathered herself and began to power away from her pursuers. After that, it was simply a matter of what the margin of victory would be.

At the wire, the daughter of Sweet Lou out of the Pet Rock mare Looksgoodinaromper had romped to a 4-1/2-length score in a personal-best 1:49.1, setting a stakes, track and Canadian record in the process. Daya was second and Fabulous Hanover was third.

“She gives me a lot of confidence,” said Wrenn in a post-race interview. “She's a really nice filly. She's two fingers to drive and she does everything I ask. Tonight, she was awesome.

“I just wanted to get away close, and if they were going slow, maybe move, and they were going fast enough for us that I was content just sitting as long as I could, and when I called on her, she responded well.”

The victory was the latest standout performance by Loua Dipa, who last week posted a then 1:49.3 lifetime-best effort in her Shes A Great Lady elimination, which equalled the track and Canadian record for two-year-old pacing fillies set by Lyons Sentinel in 2019 and matched in 2023 by Pass Line.

Ron Burke trains the homebred for owners Burke Racing Stable of Fredericktown, Pennsylvania and Weaver Bruscemi of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The rookie pacer is now 6-1-1 from nine starts, to go along with nearly $475,000 in purse earnings.

Loua Dipa paid $3.50 to win.

The Shes A Great Lady is named in honour of the talented Ontario-sired pacing mare (1:50.4, $973,382), an O’Brien Award winner and world champion, who went 26-10-6 from 52 starts. The daughter of Dexter Nukes out of the Silent Majority mare Miss Donna Mayo passed away in 2023 at the age of 31.

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

(With files from Woodbine)