The sophomore pacing fillies enjoyed their day in the sun at the Farmington Fair, where two $14,684 divisions of Maine Sire Stakes for three-year-old fillies raced on Tuesday, Sept. 19.
South St Dottie handily put away her field of cohorts in a wire-to-wire effort from post four. Driven by Aaron Hall for trainer Mike Graffam, the successful daughter of Western Maverick made every call a winning, showing her heels to the field in a 1:59.2 score, with a :28.1 final quarter thrown in for good measure.
Owned and bred by Jan Donaway, South St Dottie now has $66,285 in seasonal earnings with eight trips to the winner's circle from 11 starts.
Katelyn Angel (Kevin Switzer) was back a length and a half to be second and Ally Mac (Walter Case Jr.) was third.
The Tardif Taskforce sent Pickmepickme (pictured above) out from the outermost post position in the second division, where she came from off the pace to wrap up another victory in 2:00. Driven by Andy Harrington, the daughter of Western Maverick was first over heading down the backside for the final time, and pulled away from the pack to win by 2-1/2 lengths.
Owned, trained and bred by Marc Tardif, Pickmepickme is now five-for-10 on the season with just over $50,000 added to her career bankroll.
La Mambacita (Heath Campbell) set the fractions and settled for second while Justcallmemimi (Case Jr.) was third.
The Maine Sire Stakes concludes at the Farmington Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 20 with two divisions of the three-year-old male pacers. Next week, the Maine-sired Standardbreds transition over to the Cumberland Fair with the trotters on Wednesday, Sept. 27, the sophomore pacers on Friday, Sept. 29 and the $240,000 (est.) freshman finals on Saturday, Oct. 2.
(With files from Maine Sire Stakes)