Twin B Joe Fresh completed the sweep of Woodbine Mohawk Park's marquee pacing mare events for 2024 with a victory in Saturday’s $205,000 Milton Stakes.
A winner of the $305,000 Roses Are Red Stakes in June, Twin B Joe Fresh had all eyes on her as the 1-9 favourite against five of the sport’s finest mares in her return to Mohawk.
Leaving from the inside post, Twin B Joe Fresh scooted out to get away second behind rival Sylvia Hanover (Bob McClure), who led through a :27.1 opening panel. Driver and co-owner Dexter Dunn moved Twin B Joe Fresh to the lead in the second quarter and posted a reasonable half of :56.
With the ball in her court, Twin B Joe Fresh kicked things up on the far turn with a :27.2 third quarter before unleashing as easy of a :25.4 final quarter as possible to win in 1:49.1.
Not to be forgotten, Sylvia Hanover finished very strong right behind the winner to edge Silver Label (Doug McNair) for the place position. Her stablemate Prohibition Legal (Louis-Philippe Roy) finished fourth.
“She felt great; post parade tonight was probably the best she felt all year,” said Dunn of Twin B Joe Fresh. “She’s extremely bright at the moment, she’s feeling good and I was really happy with her going to the gate.”
A four-year-old daughter of Roll With Joe and Fresh Breeze bred by Brittany Farms, Twin B Joe Fresh is trained by Chris Ryder, who shares ownership with Dunn, Peter Trebotica and Barry Spak.
The sport's top ranked Standardbred has won eight straight stakes in nine starts this season to earn nearly $700,000. Saturday’s win was the 27th career score for Twin B Joe Fresh to take her over $2.1 million in lifetime earnings.
A $2 win ticket on Twin B Joe Fresh paid $2.20.
To view Saturday's harness racing results, click the following link: Saturday Results - Woodbine Mohawk Park.
(With files from Woodbine)
Twin B Joe Fresh
It's looking more and more likely that Twin B Joe Fresh will be the first APM to win HOTY since Shartin did so in 2019. Driver Dexter Dunn co-owns Twin B Joe Fresh. Shartin was co-owned by Tim Tetrick, her driver.