Saturday evening’s card features the eliminations for the Fan Hanover Stakes and Roses Are Red.
A total of 19 three-year-old pacing fillies have been split into two $35,000 eliminations for the Fan Hanover.
Idyllic Beach (post No. 7, Yannick Gingras), who won last year’s Shes A Great Lady Stakes, will look to create more magic at Mohawk in the first elimination. The Jimmy Takter-trained daughter of Somebeachsomewhere won eight of 14 starts as a rookie and is one-for-one to start her 3-year-old campaign.
The second elimination will see Tequila Monday (post No. 6, Brian Sears) make her Mohawk debut. The Chris Oakes trainee is coming into the Fan Hanover off victories in the $140,770 Lismore at Yonkers and a division of the New York Sires Stakes at Saratoga.
The daughter of American Ideal won four of five starts as a rookie and has a career record of six wins in nine starts.
A field of nine will battle in the first elimination (ace 5), while 10 pacing fillies will compete in the second split (race 7). The top five finishers from each elimination will advance to the $440,000 Fan Hanover final.
The Roses Are Red Stakes will require three $35,000 eliminations for the second year in a row, as 23 of the finest older pacing mares will display their talents at Mohawk.
Four-year-old Pure Country (post No. 7, Brett Miller) will look to continue her success at Mohawk and pick up her first victory of the season in the first elimination. The Takter trainee won the Fan Hanover final and the Simcoe Stakes last season at Mohawk.
The second elimination will see local star Sandbetweenurtoes (post No. 3, Doug McNair) attempt to protect her home track. The Richard Moreau-trained 6-year-old has won eight of 16 starts this season and has racked up the dollars in the WEG Mares Preferred.
Sandbetweenurtoes has banked over $150,000 this season for owner Brad Grant and is less than $70,000 away from reaching $1 million in career earnings.
Division leader Lady Shadow (post No. 5, Yannick Gingras) highlights the third elimination. The Ron Adams-trained 5-year-old has picked right up where she left off at the end of last season, with victories in the Chip Noble Memorial and Betsy Ross to sit two-for-two entering the Roses Are Red eliminations.
Lady Shadow won 12 of 20 starts last season and banked over $900,000. Her career earnings currently sit at $1.9 million.
The top three finishers, plus a fourth-place finisher drawn by lot, will advance to the $365,000 Roses Are Red final. The eliminations are carded as races 2, 6 and 10.
The stakes action isn’t limited to Saturday night this weekend at Mohawk, as Friday evening’s card will also have plenty of eliminations for Pepsi North America Cup night stakes.
The Armbro Flight for trotting mares and Goodtimes for 3-year-old trotters will each have two eliminations on Friday evening.
Superstar trotter Hannelore Hanover is back to defend her Armbro Flight crown in the first of two $35,000 seven-horse eliminations. The Ron Burke trainee is one-for-two this season after winning 17 of 20 and banking over $1.1 million last season.
Hannelore Hanover’s most recent start was an easy-looking victory in a division of the Miss Versatility on May 22.
The second split features last season’s top two 3-year-old trotting fillies, as Broadway Donna (post No. 1, David Miller) and Caprice Hill (post No. 2, Doug McNair) will clash for the firs time in the older ranks.
Broadway Donna, a winner of over $1.2 million, finished third against male counterparts in a division of the Graduate on Saturday at Mohawk, while Caprice Hill is coming in off a victory in her 4-year-old debut last Friday at Mohawk.
The top five finishers from each Armbro Flight split will advance to the $253,000 final on Saturday (June 17).
A group of 17 three-year-old trotters have been divided into two $30,000 Goodtimes eliminations.
Wellwood Memorial winner Seven And Seven (post No. 4, Tom Durand) will make his 3-year-old debut in the nine-horse opening split. The son of Chapter Seven won four of eight starts and banked $226,768 last season.
Snowstorm Hanover (post No. 3, Matt Kakaley), who won last year’s Valley Victory at Woodbine, will hope a return to Canadian soil will help him get back into the winner’s circle, as the Burke trainee is winless in three starts this season.
The second elimination, which has a field of eight, is headlined by Ontario Sire Stakes Super Final champ Mass Production (post No. 3, Rick Zeron). The gelded son of Muscle Mass made a break in his only start this season after winning five of nine and banking $285,673 as a rookie.
The top five finishers from each elimination will advance to the $251,000 Goodtimes final June 17. The eliminations are carded as races 5 and 8 on Friday.
Post time on Friday and Saturday night is 7:30 p.m. The finals of all the stakes eliminations being contested this weekend will take place on the Pepsi North America Cup card on Saturday (June 17).
Total purses for Pepsi North America Cup night will exceed $2.4 million.
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Below are the full fields for the eliminations of the Armbro Flight, Goodtimes, Roses Are Red and Fan Hanover.
Friday (June 9)
Armbro Flight – Elimination 1 (Race 3)
Post position - Horse (Driver – Trainer)
1. Hannelore Hanover (Yannick Gingras – Ron Burke)
2. Emoticon Hanover (Sylvain Filion – Luc Blais)
3. Non Stick (Chris Christoforou – Ake Svanstedt) (sired by Lucky Chucky)
4. Oho Diamond (Chris Christoforou – Renaldo Morales III)
5. Ready Any Time (Jack Moiseyev – Dagfin Henriksen)
6. Kestrel (Trevor Henry – Chris Beaver)
7. Renegade Magic (Trevor Henry – Jeffrey Thomson)
Armbro Flight – Elimination 2 (Race 6)
Post position - Horse (Driver – Trainer)
1. Broadway Donna (David Miller – Jim Campbell)
2. Caprice Hill (Doug McNair – Tony Alagna)
3. Lady Ping (Jack Moiseyev – Dagfin Henriksen)
4. Flowers N Songs (Randy Waples – Paul Reid)
5. Charmed Life (Louis Philippe Roy – Rene Allard)
6. Pink Pistol (Tim Tetrick – Peter Shody)
7. Majestic Presence (Chris Christoforou – Dagfin Henriksen)
Goodtimes – Elimination 1 (Race 5)
Post position - Horse (Driver – Trainer)
1. Ice Hockey Hanover (Paul MacDonell – Mike Keeling)
2. Jake (Sylvain Filion – Luc Blais)
3. Snowstorm Hanover (Matt Kakaley – Ron Burke)
4. Seven And Seven (Tom Durand – Tom Durand)
5. Guardian Angel As (Tim Tetrick – Anette Lorentzon) (sired by Archangel)
6. Scene A Magician (Jack Moiseyev – Jennifer Pinkerton)
7. Southwind Woody (Yannick Gingras – Ron Burke)
8. Dunbar Hall (Jody Jamieson – Carl Jamieson)
9. International Moni (Scott Zeron – Frank Antonacci)
Goodtimes – Elimination 2 (Race 8)
Post position - Horse (Driver – Trainer)
1. Shake It Off Lindy (Brett Miller – Frank Antonacci)
2. Manssive (Jody Jamieson – Howard Okusko Jr)
3. Mass Production (Rick Zeron – Rick Zeron)
4. Resita (Randy Waples – Per Henriksen)
5. Enterprise (Tim Tetrick – Marcus Melander)
6. Awol Hanover (TBA – Luc Blais)
7. Dancer Hall (Sylvain Filion – Paul Reid)
8. Southwind Cobra (Yannick Gingras – Ron Burke)
Saturday (June 10)
Roses Are Red – Elimination 1 (Race 2)
Post position - Horse (Driver – Trainer)
1. Witch Dali (Doug McNair – Richard Moreau)
2. Blue Moon Stride (Andrew McCarthy – Mark Harder)
3. Bernadette (Yannick Gingras – Ron Adams)
4. Darlinonthebeach (David Miller – Nancy Johansson)
5. Lakeisha Hall (Matt Kakaley – Ron Burke)
6. Frost Damage Blues (Brett Miller – Tom Fanning)
7. Pure Country (Brett Miller – Jimmy Takter)
Roses Are Red – Elimination 2 (Race 6)
Post position - Horse (Driver – Trainer)
1. Penpal (Pat Lachance – Pat Lachance)
2. Call Me Queen Be (Scott Zeron – Tony O’Sullivan)
3. Sandbetweenurtoes (Doug McNair – Richard Moreau)
4. Windsun Glory (Matt Kakaley – Ron Burke)
5. Nike Franco N (Tim Tetrick – Joann Looney King)
6. Solar Sister (Brian Sears – Gregg McNair)
7. Bedroomconfessions (Scott Zeron – Tony Alagna)
8. Lyons River Pride (Jody Jamieson – Bruce Goit)
Roses Are Red – Elimination 3 (Race 10)
Post position - Horse (Driver – Trainer)
1. Wrangler Magic (Louis Philippe Roy – Rene Allard)
2. Sassa Hanover (Matt Kakaley – Ron Burke) (sired by Rock N Roll Heaven)
3. Seventimesavirgin (John De Long – John De Long)
4. Waasmula (Trevor Henry – Bruce Goit)
5. Lady Shadow (Yannick Gingras – Ron Adams) (Winbak Bred & sired by Shadow Play)
6. Lay Lady Lay (Trevor Henry – Chris Matthews)
7. Prairie Sweetheart (Matt Kakaley – Tony O’Sullivan)
8. Ms Mac N Cheese (Sylvain Filion – Richard Moreau) (Winbak Bred & sired by Badlands Hanover)
Fan Hanover – Elimination 1 (Race 5)
Post position - Horse (Driver – Trainer)
1. Al Mar Got A Fever (Brian Sears – Mike Weller)
2. Roaring To Go (Brett Miller – Kevin Lare)
3. Soiree Seelster (Sylvain Filion – Tony O’Sullivan)
4. Jayes A Lady (Brett Miller – Nancy Johansson)
5. Dancing Shadows K (Yannick Gingras – Rod Boyd) (sired by Shadow Play)
6. Future Headlines (Jonathan Drury – Colin Johnson)
7. Idyllic Beach (Yannick Gingras – Jimmy Takter)
8. Blameitonthenight (Jonathan Drury – Tony Alagna)
9. Roselily (Travis Cullen – Richard Moreau)
Fan Hanover – Elimination 2 (Race 7)
Post position - Horse (Driver – Trainer)
1. Agent Q (David Miller – Aaron Lambert)
2. Obvious Blue Chip (James MacDonald – Mark Steacy)
3. Action Majesty (Brian Sears – Gregg McNair) (Sired by Royal Mattjesty)
4. Dudesalady (TBA – Howard Okusko Jr) (Winbak Bred & Sired by Shadow Play)
5. American Sara (Sylvain Filion – Murray Brethour)
6. Tequila Monday (Brian Sears – Chris Oakes) (Winbak Bred)
7. Shes Watching (Scott Zeron – Tony Alagna)
8. Bettors Up (Doug McNair – Scott McEneny) (sired by Bettor's Delight)
9. Someomensomewhere (Tim Tetrick – Jimmy Takter)
10. Aint Three Ok (Trevor Henry – Mike Weller)