Taurasi shined on the Saturday (Dec. 23) evening card at Woodbine Mohawk Park and not only for winning the $36,000 Preferred Pace, but for securing the training triple on the card that gave Richard Moreau his 7,000th career training victory.
Saulsbrook Ian was a repeat winner in the Valedictory Series while first round runner-up Come On Artie stepped up for a victory in the second leg on Saturday, Dec. 16 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Off a close-up second to the good-looking, short-priced winner Beach Cowgirl a week ago, bettors bet big on Talk Curdy To Me, hammering her down to 1-9 in the Saturday night feature at The Meadowlands.
After a defeat in his arrival last week, Taurasi (Racing Hill) claimed the Woodbine Mohawk Park harness racing pacing crown on Saturday (Dec. 16) as he convincingly won the $36,000 Preferred. He slotted in behind last week’s winner Livinthebeachlife (Louis-Philippe Roy) to the quarter in :26, and Doug McNair popped him out of the pocket
Another overwhelming favorite lived up to the hype on Wednesday (Dec. 13) at Bally's Dover as Stephen Messick's homebred Misty Coast proved a handy 1:53.1 winner in the $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series final for three-year-old pacing fillies.