Sugar Pie Honey left one final win picture behind for her original connections before being claimed off a sweet score in the Friday, Jan. 9 feature Woodbine Mohawk Park, a $22,000 fillies and mares conditioned claiming pace.
Driven by Louis-Philippe Roy, Sugar Pie Honey left aggressively from the outermost post seven and set the tempo with panels clocked in :28.1, :58 and 1:28.2 over the 'good' track. In the stretch, she held off the pocket-popping Niagara Series runner-up, Kiki Dee Hanover (J.R. Plante), to win by a nose in 1:57.
After launching her four-year-old season with a victory in the same class a week ago, Sugar Pie Honey was the 3-2 second choice and paid $5.10 to win. The 3-5 race favourite, La Miki N (Jody Jamieson), tracked cover in the final turn and finished third, 3-3/4 lengths behind the claimed winner.
Owned and bred by Millar Farms of Stouffville, Ont., Sugar Pie Honey was claimed for $90,000 and completed her campaign in the Nick Gallucci stable with 11 wins in 23 starts and earnings totalling $167,695. The Bettors Delight-Kloof Street mare, who was last year's Kin Pace champion and runner-up in the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots final, was claimed by A1stable of Dundas, Ont. and will now be trained by Jodie Cullen.
In other Friday night action, Southwind Infusion ($3) was a repeat winner in a conditioned Pop-Up Series for driver Jody Jamieson and trainer Ashley Lendvoy, taking a $15,000 division in 1:54.2. A runner-up to Southwind Infusion in the opening round, Gentleonmymind ($11.40) was a 1:54.1 winner in leg two for conditioner Anita Ouellette with Scott Young in the sulky while the Anthony Montini-trained Instantaneous ($12.50) and Billy Davis Jr. took the other split in 1:55. This series is for male pacers that were non-winners of $30,000 or not averaging $1,250 per start in a minimum of 10 starts in 2025.
To view Friday's harness racing results, click the following link: Friday Results - Woodbine Mohawk Park.
(Standardbred Canada)