Professional, easy-going, strong, willing trainers Nick Gallucci and John Pentland called on similar adjectives Friday night to describe their two-year-old pacing colt Gold Series winners Betterhavemymoney and Stonebridge Helios.
The pacers took very different trips around the Woodbine Mohawk Park oval to get to the winner’s circle, but they tripped the teletimer in identical 1:51.4 clockings and both looked impressive in the effort.
Starting from Post 6 in the first $103,800 division, Betterhavemymoney and driver James MacDonald spent most of the mile in the outer lane, had to dodge a breaking Coligny Hanover in the final turn, and laid down a :26.3 last quarter to earn their victory. Kolby Two Step, who did much of the work on the front end, finished one length behind the favourites in second and Erinwood Yves also closed like a rocket to be third.
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Grand River Raceway opens its 2021 Ontario Sires Stakes season this Friday, July 16 with four $22,150 Grassroots divisions and one $7,000 Prospect Series division for the three-year-old trotting fillies.
Looking for her third win of the season and second Grassroots victory will be Tipsy In Dixie, who starts from Post 1 in the last division. In the Grassroots season opener at Clinton Raceway on July 4, the Muscle Mass daughter cruised to a two-length 2:01.1 victory from the outside Post 7.
“She definitely doesn’t mind the half-mile tracks,” said trainer Harry Poulton of Milton, ON. “She’s pretty nice. She’s doing everything we want her to do, so far anyway.”