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She is the not the fastest two-year-old trotting filly currently in harness racing, but Stella Alpha stays on gait and improves in speed with every start as she posted her third straight win Friday with an easy score in the opening round of the Future Stars Series at the Hippodrome 3R.
Lune Duharas and driver Denis Gueriel were first on the lead but that was short-lived as Pascal Berube had Stella Alpha on the move and the daughter of Royalty For Life took command by the opening quarter mile in :30.4.
She then held the field at bay for Berube, going to the half mile in 1:03.1 and the three-quarters in 1:34.4 before breezing home an easy winner by one and one-half lengths in 2:05. Lune Duharas was second with LA Surprenante (Simon Delisle) third.
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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