Odds-on choice Ivana Flybye N left little doubt by posting a confident gate-to-wire score in the $13,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred 2 Pace on Saturday (July 10) at Georgian Downs.
Driver J. R. Plante pushed the 1-9 shot to the point from post 5 while pylon-starter So Frisky floated into the pocket moving to a :27.1 first quarter. The 7-year-old mare by American Ideal continued on the point to a :55.4 half and tried to snag a breather into the backstretch, prompting Manhattan Night to launch first over from third. By three-quarters in 1:24, Ivana Flybye N turned away Manhattan Night around the final turn and accelerated to a 1 3/4-length win in 1:52.1 win over Saulsbrook Jessie, the longest shot on the board at 45-1. So Frisky finished third.
Ripping three wide into the final turn, Manhattan Night nabbed the lead in the stretch to take the $13,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred 2 Pace at Georgian Downs on Saturday (July 3).
Driver Travis Henry settled the 5-year-old Dali mare into third from the pylon post while Casimir Swamp Girl took the lead past a :26.1 opening quarter. Sly Eleanor N – off the odds-on favourite – yielded for the pocket but promptly popped out to retake the lead, however Casimir Swamp Girl kept her parked through a :54 half.
The speed duel softened as the leaders tired to three-quarters in 1:23.1. Henry meanwhile launched his charge around the faltering battlers and grabbed the front off the final turn. Her stablemate So Frisky gave pursuit from last to finish second in the 1:53.2 mile, beaten a length, while Queso Relleno rallied for third.
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