Campbellville, ON --- Dave Menary trainees swept both 3-year-old pacing colt Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series divisions at Mohawk Racetrack on Monday evening (Aug. 19).
In the first $101,850 split, fan favorite Windsong Jack took control heading for the halfway marker and cruised home to a two length victory in a personal best 1:49.4. Billy Davis, Jr. engineered the win, the Santanna Blue Chip gelding’s first of the season. OK Fantastic and Duc Dorleans rounded out the top three.
Menary conditions Windsong Jack for his father Larry Menary, Kenneth Ewen, Denis Breton and Geoffrey Lyons Mounds. The win boosted the gelding’s lifetime earnings to $422,408.
In the second division Gallant Seelster led the field through fractions of :26.1, :54.1 and 1:22.1, but Tarpon Hanover found a whole other gear around the final turn. Sprinting home in :26.3, Tarpon Hanover advanced from sixth to a 3-1/2 length victory in a personal best 1:50. Up Up And Out and Blissfull Bro finished second and third, respectively.
Jody Jamieson piloted Tarpon Hanover to his second win of the season for David Menary, Brad Gray, Bruce Norris and Denis Breton. The Badlands Hanover son now boasts a two season bankroll of $436,515.
In addition to the 3-year-old pacing colts, Mohawk also hosted five Grassroots divisions for the 3-year-old trotting fillies. I Like My Kaddy picked up her first provincial win with a come from behind sprint that gave her a half-length victory in 1:55.1. Paul MacDonell piloted the Kadabra daughter to the win, the quickest of the Grassroots divisions, for trainer Dean Nixon and owner Leo Racicot.
MacDonell also crafted two other winning steers to earn a Grassroots hat trick. The veteran reinsman teamed up with Armstead Kyra in the last $17,460 division to earn the filly her second straight Grassroots win in a personal best 1:55.3 and guided Wind Stroll to her first provincial victory in the fifth race, sticking a neck in front in of favorite Orderingin at the 1:55.4 finish.
The other Grassroots divisions went to Moms Apple Pie (1:57) and Legzy (1:55.4).
The 3-year-old trotting fillies make their fifth Grassroots start at Georgian Downs on Aug. 27, while the 3-year-old pacing colts head to Grand River Raceway for their last regular season Gold Series start on Aug. 28. Ontario Sires Stakes action continues at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday (Aug. 22) with the fifth Grassroots event for the 3-year-old trotting colts.