Kobra Kate led all the way to repeat in the Blizzard Pacing Series during a frigid Friday night on Jan. 23 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
The three-week series, which started last Friday, is for three and four-year-old filly and mare pacers that were non-winners of two races or $30,000 lifetime as of Oct. 31, 2025.
Following her 1:55 career-best victory in the opening leg, Kobra Kate ($3.80) was sent postward as the 4-5 favourite in round two and lived up to expectations.
Driven by Travis Cullen for trainer Kevin Bodz, Kobra Kate quickly crossed to command from the outside post in a field scratched down to six. She braved the -19 degree temperatures, setting fractions of :28.2, :59.1 and 1:28.1 en route to a 1:57 victory over a track rated 'good' with a one variant. Marlenes Legacy (James MacDonald) overtook pocket-sitter Shuri (Tyler Borth) in the stretch for the runner-up role, finishing more than two lengths behind the back-to-back winner.
Bodz co-owns the four-year-old daughter of Big Bad John-Hnt Angel with Miriam & Gary Brown of Campbellville, Ont.
Lets N Joy N ($2.90) joined the Blizzard Series in the second leg and was also a popular winner in 1:57 in the other $18,000 division.
Driver Louis-Philippe Roy put the 2-5 favourite on the point through a :59.3 half and re-took command from Ea Money Maker after that Cullen-driven, first-round winner made front with a backstretch brush from third. As Ea Money Maker faded in the stretch, Lets N Joy N accelerated back to the fore in a :28.1 final frame to take a new lifetime mark and hold clear of inside pocket closer Who Are You (Mike Whelan) while Tornado Rain (Ed Hensley) rallied for third.
Jacques Dupont trains the four-year-old mare from Down Under who is now two-for-two since arriving in Canada. The daughter of Bettors Delight out of Rock N Joy is owned by Ecurie Csl of Sorel-Tracy, Que.
The $30,000 (added) final of the Blizzard Series is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 31.
In addition to winning a division of the Blizzard, Canada's current 2026 leading driver Travis Cullen also reined home three winners all owned by his A1stable and trained by his mother Jodie. A Trainer of the Year finalist after her first $3 million season and leading all trainers for wins in 2025 with 222 successful starters, Jodie Cullen has maintained the top spot in the national standings into 2026. She has won 25 races already this year.
The triumphant Cullen clan connected with trotting gelding Head Of The Class ($16.20), pacing gelding Code Cracker ($8.20) and pacing mare Santafes Appetite ($3.90).
Code Cracker, a 1:55 winner, kicked off a new Pop-Up Series for pacers that have started for a purse of $11,000 or less in their last three starts (winners over $100,000 in 2025 ineligible), with non-winners of $40,000 in a minimum of 10 starts in 2025 also eligible. Nazare ($9.20) prevailed in a three-way finish in the other $16,000 division, scoring in 1:54.2 with Doug McNair driving for the Joe Pereira stable.
To view Friday's harness racing results, click the following link: Friday Results - Woodbine Mohawk Park.
(Standardbred Canada)