Warrawee Needy changed up tactics on Monday evening in the $130,000 OSS Gold Series Final for two-year-old colts and geldings at Mohawk Racetrack, but the end result was still the same as it was in the first two starts for the precocious pacer
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The undefeated son of E Dees Cam-Great Memories slipped to the front for driver Jody Jamieson and threw down fractions of :28.1, :57.1 and 1:24.3 before shrugging off a late challenge from pocket-sitter Jake Sully en route to an easy score in 1:52.2. Jake Sully was the best of the rest, and Caddy Jeff finished a distant third in the rich event.
“He did it quite easily tonight,” said Jamieson. “When Aaron [Byron driving Jake Sully] popped off of my back and my horse just ducked his head and dug in. He’s just a very impressive
individual. It’s Rideau next week or the week after. It will give him a chance to see a different track and get a little more experience under his belt.
"I’m a firm believer that everything happens for a reason," Jamieson added about Warrawee Needy not being eligible to the $1 million Metro Pace. “There was a reason why he wasn’t paid into it because he wasn’t training down great, so they didn’t make the first payment. He’s an obscure-bred horse being an E Dees Cam even though he was a nice brother in Big Bay Point. It might make him that much stronger down the road and as a three-year-old.”
Trainer Carl Jamieson co-owns Warrawee Needy with Tom Kyron, Dr. Michael Wilson and Floyd Marshall. The colt, who was a $20,000 purchase from last year’s Canadian Yearling Sale, has banked $93,500 to date.
(With quotes from WEG)
To view results for Monday's card of harness racing, click the following link: Monday Results – Mohawk Racetrack.