James MacDonald wasted no time in making the lead with Locatelli in Tuesday’s featured trot at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and the gelding went the distance in the $20,000 affair.
On a night that saw four $25,000 divisions of New Jersey Sire Stakes action for three-year-olds on the trot, an Ake Svanstedt trainee was the most impressive winner for a second consecutive week on Friday at The Meadowlands.
Just seven days after his Lindysmusclemania scored in 1:51.4 to mark himself as a Hambletonian player, Svanstedt’s Mon Amour made himself a part of the Hambo conversation by taking down 3-5 favourite Cuatro De Julio in powerhouse fashion in 1:52 in one of two splits for colts and geldings.
“I got lucky,” said winning driver Yannick Gingras of how he got behind the son of Muscle Hill-Mind Meld. “Ake had another horse in the race [Red Redemption]. What a nice horse Mon Amour is.”