Gord Brown engineered a 19-1 upset in the $7,000 Xtreme Sprint at Kawartha Downs on Tuesday, and
his ticket to the winner’s circle was the Gary McDonald-trained Coronet Hanover.
The 10-year-old son of Artsplace rallied from out of the clouds to take the five-eighths of a mile “sprint”, and he covered the untraditional distance in a time of 1:12.1.
Brown and Coronet Hanover got away next-to-last in the eight-horse field while Linatawa N, Doll R General and Maxwells Gold were involved in a three-wide battle to the quarter pole. Linatawa N eventually cleared to the top, and he sported a four-length lead at the mid-way point.
Coronet Hanover was three-wide and driving at the half, and his late surge earned him the victory by three-quarters of a length over Linatawa N. Countyline Cam rounded out the top three finishers.
Macadream Stable of Ottawa, ON holds the ownership papers on Coronet Hanover, who has put together a 7-for-31 record this season after a dismal 0-for-11 campaign in 2009. The 31-time winner went over $200,000 in earnings with his score in the Xtreme Sprint.
Here’s how points where distributed to tonight’s starters:
Coronet Hanover - 50 pts
Linatawa N – 25 pts
Countyline Cam – 12 pts
Doll R General – 8 pts
Wealth Of Nations – 5 pts
Widger Place - 4 pts
Maxwells Gold – 4 pts
Red Star Drooler - 4 pts
The Xtreme Sprint is open to pacers, four years old and upwards that have started in an $8,000 or less claiming event at a racetrack in Ontario after August 31, 2010.
The top nine point earners from the Xtreme Sprint legs will advance to the $20,000 championship, a one-lap, five-eighths-of-one-mile dash, at Georgian Downs on November 16.
To view the leaderboard, click here.
The Tuesday program at Kawartha Downs also featured eliminations for the Just For The Girls Series and for the Last Dash For The Cash Trotting Series.
Gracie Montana (1:55.4), G G Delight (1:56.2) and Moody River (1:57.1) were victorious in their respective $6,000 eliminations for the Just For The Girls Series.
The $7,000 eliminations of the Last Dash For The Cash Trotting Series went to Sir Laurence (1:58.3), Fashion Fun (1:59.3) and Brown Town Lefty 1:59.4).
To view Tuesday’s results, click here.