Flashy final quarters told the story of the Milton Stakes eliminations on Saturday evening (Sept. 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Grace Hill paced a :25.1 last-quarter to sweep rivals in the first $35,000 elimination, while Test Of Faith rocketed home in :25.4 to edge rivals in the second split.
A pair of top notch $100,000 invitational paces took center stage at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Friday (Aug. 19). Tattoo Artist won the #Senditin Invitational for male pacers while Test Of Faith set a new track record in the Cleopatra Invitational for mares.
Test Of Faith, the 2021 Horse of the Year, trounced nine other distaff pacers to win the $175,000 Dorothy Haughton Memorial, for pacing mares, in 1:47 on Saturday (July 16) at the Meadowlands, breaking the world record for four-year-old pacing mares.
Fresh from his world-record equaling mile in the Roll With Joe Stakes, Bulldog Hanover put in another powerhouse performance to post a 1:46.1 mile in taking the $250,000 Graduate Pace Final on Saturday (July 9) at The Meadowlands.