After hosting 44 qualifier events over three days last week, Woodbine Mohawk Park returns this week with a total of 56 qualifiers spanned over a five-day stretch from Thursday (June 3) through to Monday (June 7).
Thursday’s session has pacing sophomores on the 14-qualifier docket. Qualifier 2 features the northside return of Highlandbeachsbest, an upset winner in a Metro elimination last year who ventured south with the Amanda Fine barn as racing in Ontario shutdown. He starts from post 4 with Louis-Philippe Roy listed to drive, while Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final champ Bulldog Hanover goes from post 5 in his second qualifying mile.
In the qualifier following, another pair of prominent local horses step onto the track. No Better Joy starts from post 3 in his second qualifier off a season which included a fourth-place finish in the $720,000 Metro Pace. To his outside starts Desperate Man – a winner in OSS Gold prelims last year who rallied from last to finish fourth in the OSS Super Final.