Lil Miss Nyalation and driver Mike Saftic pulled off a mild upset in Thursday’s $40,300 Ontario Sired Autumn Series Final for two-year-old pacing fillies at Woodbine Racetrack.
The pair overcame the outside post in the field which was reduced to eight starters with the scratch of Paid In Silver.
Saftic called on the daughter of Apaches Fame to use her early speed and she took command briefly in the :26.3 first quarter before yielding the lead to Have A Cigar. At that point, Baby You Save Me made a snap move to the front just before the quick opening half of 1:25.1.
Baby You Save Me continued to roll along with the lead and increased her margin over Have A Cigar at the third station in 1:25.1. But, as they turned for home, the fast fractions began to catch up to the pacesetter who started to give way.
A rejuvenated Lil Miss Nyalation rallied back to the outside from third and quickly took charge with an eighth to go. From, there, no one was able to seriously challenge the filly who held on to win by a comfortable margin.
Longshots Justwitchway (80-1) and Sauble Adelle (20-1) rounded out the top three. The winning Triactor combination returned a whopping $4,864.40.
It was the second win in six tries this season for the Allan Heyman trainee and boosted her bankroll to just over $38,000 for the Lil Dude Ranch of Surrey, BC.
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