For the third week in a row, trainer Nick Gallucci sent out the winner of the $36,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred Handicap Pace at Woodbine Mohawk Park with Silver Label taking back the crown from her stablemate Prohibition Legal this time out and keeping reigning Horse of the Year Sylvia Hanover at bay for a sub-1:50 victory.
With the 2023 harness racing season complete, Trot Insider takes a look at some of the top ranked Standardbreds in Canada for wins, earnings and records.
Richard Moreau trainee Huntress pounced from the pocket to defeat the favoured So Much More in the $36,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred Handicap Pace featured on an action-packed Friday night (Nov. 17) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Fresh off top-five finishes in the $220,000 Milton Stakes Final at Woodbine Mohawk Park two weeks ago, Silver Label and Prohibition Legal head stateside where trainer Nick Gallucci hopes the homebreds can bounce back and help him capture the $250,000 Dayton Distaff Derby at Hollywood Dayton Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 30.
Following up a night freshman photo finishes on Thursday, the three-year-olds took their turn in the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots semi-finals on Friday, Sept. 22 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and the favourites ran the show.