Woodbine Mohawk Park: Adare Castle, Resolving score in SBOA elims

O'Brien Award winner Adare Castle captured her first start of 2022 on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park, taking her C$25,000 SBOA Stakes elimination for 3-year-old trotting fillies. Resolving was victorious in the other elimination.

Driven by James MacDonald, Adare Castle tipped out of third past the 29 1/5 opening quarter and moved up on the outside to take the lead away from Mischevious Rose (Bob McClure) after the 58 3/5 half. After she got command, Adare Castle would go on to hit three-quarters in 1:26 4/5, and a 27 3/5 final quarter sealed a 2 1/4 length decision in 1:54 2/5. Mischevious Rose held second, and Clockwork Orange (Austin Sorrie) came in third. Saundra (Sylvain Filion) and Gala Halo (Louis Roy) rounded out the top five.

Trainer Mark Etsell also co-owns Adare Castle, a daughter of Muscle Mass bred by Ed Lohmeyer, with partners Robert Newton, Graham Hopkins, and Peter Porter. She has a record of 8-2-0 from 10 lifetime starts, and she has now banked C$498,537. She paid $2.30 to win as the 1-9 favorite.

The other elimination went pretty much the same way as Makin Magic Tonite (McClure) posted the opening quarter in 28 3/5 and then yielded to Resolving (Trevor Henry), who brushed from third to first on the way to the 58 1/5 half. Resolving would go on to reach three-quarters in 1:27 4/5 and kicked home in 27 4/5 to score by 2 3/4 lengths in 1:55 3/5. Lilys Lass (MacDonald) rallied for second, and Makin Magic Tonite ended up third. Rose Run Xcentric (Jody Jamieson) and Angelonia (Tyler Moore) were fourth and fifth, respectively.

Resolving, a Resolve filly bred by Tara Hills Stud Ltd and Jeff Ruch, is trained by Rob Fellows and owned by Yolanda Fellows, Blair Corbeil, and Edward Wilson. She is now a two-time winner from nine trips behind the gate, and she has put away C$136,490. She returned $7.10 to win.

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Here's how the field will line up for next Saturday night's C$151,575 final

1-Gala Halo
2-Makin Magic Tonite
3-Angelonia
4-Saundra
5-Resolving
6-Adare Castle
7-Clockwork Orange
8-Mischevious Rose
9-Lilys Lass
10-Rose Run Xcentric
AE-Make It Easy

No eliminations were required for the SBOA Stakes final for 3-year-old pacing fillies. The 11 fillies entered in that event will line up as follows for their C$147,575 event:

1-Dewitt For Josie
2-Quebecoise
3-Better Double Flip
4-In The Mood
5-Silver Label
6-Fade Out
7-Flow
8-Fromakingtoaqueen
9-Big Bettor Hanover
10-I Love Ongait
11-Scarletts Bigbeach