Off a victory in the Bev Sears Memorial, Miss Itunes powered first over as the 9-5 favourite to down her competition in the $8,100 featured pace at Century Downs on Sunday (June 6).
Mrs Suhwiggins sprinted off the wings from post 7 to take the lead to a :27.4 opening quarter with Tajmealover settling into second and Miss Itunes into third. After a :56.4 half, driver Tyler Redwood revved Miss Itunes off the pegs and charged after the leader up the backstretch. She cleared control past three-quarters in 1:25.3 and opened her lead off the final turn, strolling to the beam three-and-a-half lengths better than Chase The Ace rallying for second in a 1:54.3 mile. Bearcat Josi took third.
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There certainly hasn t been a shortage of win photos for the connections of Major Custard over the past two seasons, but the one from the Saturday (Dec. 12) card at Century Mile could be bittersweet.
Major Custard might have made his final start in Alberta after his co-owner Jim Marino announced that he would be selling a number of his racehorses to concentrate on younger stock. This announcement comes as the province s 2020 harness racing season comes to an end, necessitating a double-header card on Saturday.
Competing in the second of two $22,500 Brad Gunn Breeders Stakes divisions, Major Custard and driver Mike Hennessy sat patiently in fourth during the first half of his contest while Chazmichaelmichael (Kelly Hoerdt) paced through splits of :28.3 and :59.2. Outlaw C My Shadow (Connie Kolthammer) made a move from third just before the half and looped to the lead, leaving Major Custard first up after H