Returning from New Jersey, Dreamfair Eternal survived a first-over trip to win the featured $44,000 Open Pace Friday night over a wet track, which was downgraded to sloppy over the course of the night
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With regular reinsman Tony Kerwood in the bike, Roses Are Red Stakes champion Dreamfair Eternal tucked into the four-hole after a post four start as To Helen Back (Mike Saftic) fired off the gate just to her right. Kerwood made his move angling Dreamfair Eternal to the outside past the :26.4 first quarter pole and advanced through a :57.1 half. The five-year-old daughter of Camluck-J Cs Nathalie laid on the pressure past the 1:25.4 three-quarters mark and those two battled down the lane. Dreamfair Eternal, however, used a :26.4 final frame to push ahead in deep stretch for the one and a half length score in 1:52.4.
To Helen Back stayed for second and Miss Scarlett (Rick Zeron) rounded out the top three.
Dreamfair Eternal now sports 11 wins in 20 starts this year bumping her earnings to $444,920 for trainer Pat Fletcher and owners/breeders John and Mary Lamers of Ingersoll, Ont. The winner of 23 races lifetime now sports a bankroll totaling $588,915.
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