Three-year-old pacing filly No Better Air was a dominant repeat winner in Harvest Series action for driver Travis Cullen at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday night, Nov. 13.
This Harvest Series is for Ontario-sired or bred three-year-old pacing fillies that were non-winners of $60,000 lifetime or non-winners of $30,000 in 2026 in a minimum of five starts as a Sept. 30, with optional $30,000 claimers also eligible.
In the fastest of Friday night's two $25,000 second-leg divisions, 3-5 favourite No Better Air led wire-to-wire, setting fractions of :27.3, :55.4 and 1:23.1 en route to a 1:51 victory with Hatchling (James MacDonald) battling past Could Be A Queen (Jody Jamieson) 2-1/4 lengths behind. The Cattlewash-Claireabell filly equalled her lifetime mark taken in the opening leg of the series a week ago.
No Better Air joined the Jodie Cullen stable last month and she now has two (consecutive) wins in 19 sophomore starts.
An Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots champion as a freshman, she pushed her career earnings to $148,514 with her fifth victory in 29 races lifetime. No Better Air is owned by Andrea Lea Racingstables of Lakefield Gore, Que., Varsakis Racing, Hamilton, Ont., and Scott McEneny of Carlisle, Ont.
The other Harvest division went to Whoa Black Betty in 1:52.3 with James MacDonald aboard for trainer Dave Menary. Whoa Black Betty, racing with a $52,500 claiming tag, got a pocket trip for the first half-mile before getting shuffled back one spot as Beach Wiggle (Travis Cullen) looped to the lead in the third panel. Whoa Black Betty then got a jump on the late closers turning for home and tracked down stretch leader Beach Wiggle, who ended up third as Mollys On Fire (Tyler Borth) sustained her wide rally from the backfield to place 1-1/4 lengths behind the winner.
Whoa Black Betty was the 1-2 favourite in her follow-up to a closing third-place effort behind No Better Air after a post 10 start in the opening round. She equalled her lifetime mark taken this past spring in a leg of the New Jersey Sire Stakes Silver Series at The Meadowlands.
Owned by Glenn Bechtel of Stanhope, P.E.I., the Lazarus N-Come Get The Cash filly now has seven wins from 25 career starts with earnings totalling $119,165.
To view Friday's harness racing results, click the following link: Friday Results - Woodbine Mohawk Park.
(Standardbred Canada)