Daylon’s Darlings Grab Headlines
If you’re looking for breeder Dave Lemon over the next few days, it might be wise to start your search somewhere near cloud nine.
Lemon’s bread and butter broodmare, Daylon Marvel, produced a pair of winners at Mohawk Racetrack on Monday evening, and what a show the two of them put on.
First up was the undefeated Daylon Miracle, who stretched her undefeated streak to seven thanks to a career-best clocking of 1:54 in a $23,000 conditioned assignment for soon-to-be Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Famer, Dave Wall.
Wall hustled the Dave Lemon-trained three-year-old daughter of Pegasus Spur to immediate command from Post 5 and she successfully front-stepped her way through panels of :27.1, :56.2 and 1:25.2 before using a :28.3 closing panel to seal the deal.
Unraced as a rookie, the flawless filly has come a long way in a short period of time in her sophomore season. The lion’s share of the purse boosted her earnings to $65,600.
Just one race later in the $50,000 Open Trot it was Daylon Magician who found himself in the spotlight thanks to a track and Canadian record-equaling mile of 1:51.1 for trainer/driver Jack Moiseyev. The O’Brien Award-winning four-year-old son of Kadabra blew away his trotting foes, and in doing so came with one-fifth of a second from matching Pine Chip’s world record of 1:51 for four-year-old trotting horses.
Daylon Magician got away fifth while Imperial Count powered to the lead and threw down an opening quarter clocked in :26.4. Windsong Geant brushed past the leader in the backstretch, but as soon as he cleared he came under immediate attack from a fired up Daylon Magician. That foe cruised to the top shortly past the half, which popped up in :54.4. Moiseyev rolled Daylon Magician to the three-quarter pole in 1:23.3 before using a :27.3 final frame to put the finishing touches on the record-equaling performance. Sent off as the 1-2 favourite, Daylon Magician drew clear to win by 6-3/4 lengths over Andover America, with the show dough earned by Windsong Geant.
Daylon Farms Ltd of Komoka own the 16-time winner who now boasts a 2-1-0 record in four starts this season. The career winner of $1,368,925 sent out a serious message that he’s a horse to be reckoned with in next month’s Maple Leaf Trot at Mohawk Racetrack.
To view results for Monday's card of harness racing, click the following link: Monday Results – Mohawk Racetrack.