Three $12,000 Pop-Up Trotting Series divisions went to the gate on Monday, Sept. 2 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and All Gas No Brakes was the swiftest winner of the trio.
The series opened on Monday's card with the first leg contested in races five, seven, and eight. With a minimum of 10 starts, conditions for the series fit non-winners of $18,000 (fillies and mares $22,500) in 2024 and also-eligible horses not averaging $1,400 (fillies and mares $1,750) per starts in 2024.
All Gas No Brakes floated out of the gate in his division and settled in fourth briefly. As a pair of breakers left the top spot wide open, Villefranche As (Louis-Philippe Roy) zoomed into the lead and All Gas No Brakes followed suit, caught on the outside through the opening split in :28.2. Through the :58 half, Villefranche As pressed forward and All Gas No Brakes continued at his heels. As they approached the three-quarters in 1:27.2, All Gas No Brakes pressed his gas pedal downward to overtake the leader. He kept on going to win by 3-3/4 lengths in 1:55.1. Villefranche As had to settle for second and Delcrest Brent (Steven Hudon) completed the triactor.
All Gas No Brakes (Uncle Peter - Norse Comer) is a five-year-old gelding owned by Thestable Allgas Nobreaks. He has two wins this year. In 72 career starts, the Dominic Gladu student has made 21 trips to the winner's circle to go along with $189,922 banked. He returned $2.10 as the heavily backed favourite.
MacDonald captured his second series triumph of the evening with Prince Of Sussex.
The Gerard Demers student landed in third through the opening panel in :28.1 and he maintained his position through the :57.3 half and 1:27.4 three quarters. Down the stretch, Prince Of Sussex narrowed the margin between himself and the dueling leaders. At the photo finish, Prince Of Sussex came out on top with a win by a nose in 1:56.4 over pocket-sitting favourite Blue Devil (Tyler Jones). Swan Diego (Sylvain Filion) rounded out the top three.
Prince Of Sussex (Creatine - Pana Colada) is a five-year-old gelding owned by Marc Lemay. He won his fourth race of the season and his 25th career victory. In 93 starts, he has banked $223,457. He paid $13.60 to win from 6-1 odds.
Travis Cullen and Cool Clifford grabbed the third Pop Up Series division with a gate-to-wire trip through panels in :27.3, :56.3 and 1:26. With ease, the Gabriella Sasso student cruised home to win by 2-1/4 lengths in 1:55.3 over Angel Of My Dreams (Tyler Borth) and Lindys Irishcream (Chris Christoforou).
Cool Clifford (Kadabra - Cool Creek Breeze) is an eight-year-old gelding owned by Jeffrey Courchesne and Martwest Racing Stable. He won his third race of the season and his 23rd career race. In 174 lifetime starts, Cool Clifford has banked $393,975. He returned $10.20 from 4-1 odds.
To view Monday's harness racing results, click the following link: Monday Results - Woodbine Mohawk Park.
(Standardbred Canada)