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Toronto, ON --- Bourbon Bay completed the General Brock series sweep with a dominating victory Monday night (Feb. 16) at Woodbine Racetrack. 


A field of nine 4-year-old trotters contested the C$50,800 final of the three-week series. 


Bourbon Bay and driver Mike Saftic came into the finale off two impressive victories in the opening two rounds and they lived up to their 3-5 billing with another eye-catching performance. 


A son of Sand Vic, Bourbon Bay sprinted out to the lead from post position one and posted a speedy opening-quarter of :27. A fired up Bourbon Bay had to be reeled in a bit by Saftic down the backstretch as he had a two-length advantage over Severus Hanover in second and more than 10 lengths on Bags For All in third.  


The duo would reach the half in :56.1 and continue to roll along around the final turn, while the back of the pack tried to tighten up to the leaders.  


After reaching the three-quarter pole in 1:26, Bourbon Bay kicked into another gear and extended his lead back out to several lengths on his opponents in the stretch. When it was all said and done, Bourbon Bay scored an easy-looking 4-1/2 length victory over Bags For All in 1:55.1. 


Meadowview Vicky finished third, while Severus Hanover took fourth. 


A 4-year-old gelding, Bourbon Bay had been racing primarily in New York, but shipped north of the border into the Mike Sinclair barn for the General Brock.  


Bourbon Bay is leased by John Cummings Jr. of Nichols, New York and now has four wins from six starts in 2015. Monday’s victory was the ninth career score for the son of Sand Vic and pushes his career bankroll over $75,000. 


Bourbon Bay paid $3.20 to win. 


In order to be eligible to the General Brock, the 3 & 4-year-old trotters had to be non-winners of $50,000 lifetime as of October 31, 2014.