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There isn't much Joann Looney-King's Purrfect Bags hasn't accomplished this season. On Tuesday night at Harrington Raceway, the accomplished three-year-old filly pacer continued her stellar 2015 campaign with a 1:52.4 win versus older mares in the $16,000 Fillies and Mares Open.

 

The Roddys Bags Again filly was sent for the lead approaching the quarter-mile as the 1-5 favourite and never relented with a widening four-length lead at the wire over her closest pursuer Matinee Dragon and A La Notte Hanover.

 

Trained by Jim King, Jr., Purrfect Bags ($2.60, Victor Kirby), a former $2,000 yearling purchase, has won 16 of 19 lifetime starts, and prevailed with grand circuit company in the Lismore and Lady Maud races at Yonkers Raceway in addition to a victory in a Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) final event at Harrington.

 

Purrfect Bags has reeled in more than $225,000 in purses this season. Kirby has been aboard the filly in most of her starts this season. While most of her wins have come against three-year-olds, Tuesday's win was her second versus older mares - whom she also defeated at Northfield Park on August 14.