In what could be perceived as tightening miles for the November 13 Ontario Sires Stakes Super Finals, a handful of Ontario-sired performers flocked to Mohawk Racetrack's Friday, November 5 qualifying session to put in a
little work.
The track was rated as 'good' and there was a one-second variance given by the presiding Ontario Racing Commission judges for the duration of the six-race session.
Two-year-old pacing fillies starred in Race 4, and multiple Gold final winner Lauren took the gate-to-wire route for a one and a quarter-length victory in 1:59.2. The fractions were cut in :29.1, 1:00 and 1:30.1.
Lauren, a standout Modern Art juvenile this season, races for trainer Bob McIntosh. Steve Condren has driven the lass in all of her starts since the beginning of October.
Lauren is the points leader in the OSS Gold Series' two-year-old pacing filly category with 325 points.
Bunkhouse Babe, a juvenile pacing filly by Royal Mattjesty, also took part in Race 4 and finished second. She was individually timed in 1:59.3. Randy Waples was doing the driving for trainer Bob McIntosh. Bunkhouse Babe sits seventh in the OSS' Gold standings for the division with 82 points. Juvenile Modern Art lass Village Janus, who sits eleventh in the standings with 50 points, also took part in Race 4 and finished third for trainer Casie Coleman and driver Mark MacDonald.
A trio of freshman pacing colts eligible to the OSS Super Finals partook in Race 6. The Colin Johnson-trained and Chris Christoforou-driven Some Mach Some Win fired off a pocket trip on the final turn and paced away to a one-and-a-quarter-length win in 1:56. The Mach Three colt sits second in the OSS Gold points standings with 131 points.
Watermelonwine, who sits third behind Some Mach Some Win in the points standings with 117, finished second in the qualifier for trainer Dave Menary and driver Rick Zeron, as he paced his mile in 1:56.1. Mach Three colt Mach Of Ballykeel, who sits seventh in the standings (97 points), finished third in the qualifier.
Two-year-old Angus Hall filly Enchantment, who sits fourth in her OSS Gold points division with 125, romped in Race 1 for trainer Bill Companion and driver Randy Waples in 2:01.3
To view the charted lines from the qualifying session, click here.