Round two of the Blizzard Series went postward Thursday evening at Woodbine Racetrack, and the event produced a pair of new winners in the $17,000 divisions.
Senseless Beauty and Stonebridge Pearl struck for wins in the opening leg of the event for female pacers, but round two bragging rights went to Kloof Street and I Deal In Kisses.
Kloof Street, who was a fast-closing runner-up in week one of the series, got up for a nose decision in her $17,000 on Thursday night.
Travis Cullen got away eighth – and held that position – while Manhattan Kelly and race favourite Collective Wisdom took turns on the lead through first-half fractions of :27.3 and :56.3. Collective Wisdom was still in charge at the three-quarter pole in 1:25.1, but Kloof Street’s :29.3 closing speed was good enough to propel her from sixth to first in the final quarter. She prevailed by a nose over American Curves in 1:55.4. Tearful Of Happy was a lapped-on third beaten only three-quarters of a length.
Eric Adams trains the homebred for Millar Farms of Stouffville, Ont. The three-year-old Mach Three-Luck On The Run miss won for the first time this season and for the second time in her career. The 1:55.4 clocking was a career-best clocking for the winner of $22,750.
I Deal In Kisses, who didn’t race in the opening leg of the series, was a front-stepping winner in Thursday’s second division for the tandem of driver Louis Philippe Roy and trainer Rene Allard.
Roy was third and parked past the quarter pole in :28 with I Deal In Kisses, who eventually worked her way to the top. She crossed over to the pylons and proceeded to pace through middle panels of :56.4 and 1:26. She then used a :29.4 closing quarter to prevail by a length over race favourite Senseless Beauty in 1:55.4. Xelene Bayama was third.
Allard Racing Inc of Saint-Esprit, QC owns the four-year-old daughter of American Ideal-Kiss Me Nice. It was the fourth lifetime win from just seven assignments for the career winner of $26,725.
To view results for Thursday's card of harness racing, click the following link: Thursday Results – Woodbine Racetrack.