A group of seven two-year-old baby races were contested on a warm Friday morning (July 17) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Jody just got picked off in her first on-track appearance but was much the best in her second qualifier. Driver Bob McClure had the daughter of Betterthancheddar - Topgun Lady on top through every call with fractions of :29.1, :57.4 and 1:27.4 before opening up on her rivals through a :30.2 closer to win in 1:58.1.
Murray Brethour trains Jody, a half-sister to Battle Of Waterloo elimination winner and $200,000 earner Semi Automatic from the family of Hall of Famer Invitro and O'Brien Award winner Bigtime Ball. The black filly is owned by Krista Thomas of Havelock, Ont.
A pair of freshmen shared the fastest mile of the day for the rookies on the trot. Spruce Creek and driver Louis-Philippe Roy finished 17 lengths ahead of their closest foe in the first qualifier of the day, a wire-to-wire score in 2:00.3.
Rob Fellows trains Spruce Creek, a $27,000 Harrisburg yearling owned by Yolanda Fellows of Rockwood, Ont., Erna Corbeil of Beaumont, Alta., and Ted Wilson of Seagrave, Ont. The daughter of Muscle Hill - Sahalee is a sister to the dam of double millionaire Resolve.
Lifelong Wish came back to the qualifiers after a few less-than-ideal performances and behaved beautifully for driver Mike Saftic en route to a gate-to-wire 2:00.3 win in his Friday morning test.
Pam Forgie of Goderich, Ont. trains and co-owns Lifelong Wish with Donald Sholdice of Brussels, Ont. Lifelong Wish (Royalty For Life - Anniecrest) was a $10,000 London Selected yearling.
To view the results from the Friday session, click the following link: Friday Results - Woodbine Mohawk Park (Qualifiers).