Woodbine Mohawk Park: Detonater Hanover, Three Six Zero romp in Millard Farms elims
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Sharp victories by Detonater Hanover and Three Six Zero on Friday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park sets up an intriguing matchup for next week's Grade 3 Millard Farms Stakes final.
A pair of C$25,000 eliminations were contested Friday for the Millard Farms, an event for 2-year-old trotters. The top-five finishers from each punched their ticket to the C$155,000 final.
Dr. Ian Moore trainee Detonater Hanover turned heads in the first elimination by posting a national-season's best clocking of 1:53 4/5 to win easily by 3 1/2 lengths.
A son of Muscle Mass, Detonater Hanover and driver Tyler Moore got away third before moving to the lead in the second quarter. The duo moved around slight favorite Access Now, who posted a snappy 27 3/5 opening quarter. Fractions of 56 3/5 and 1:25 2/5 were posted before Detonater Hanover finished the job with a 28 2/5 kicker to secure his maiden-breaking win.
Access Now finished second, while Danz Card was third. Also advancing were Maximum Pressure and The Italian Job.
Detonater Hanover was an $80,000 (USD) yearling purchase at Harrisburg and has now earned C$59,030 for the ownership group of Detonater Hanover Stable of Cambridge, Ontario.
The time of 1:53 4/5 is not only North America's fastest mile this season by a 2-year-old colt trotter, but also the fifth-fastest overall by a rookie trotter this season.
A $2 win ticket returned $4.70.
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Heavy favorite Three Six Zero got a perfect tune-up trip in the second elimination, sitting third throughout before powering home for a 1:55 3/5 win.
Trained by Kyle Fellows, Three Six Zero came into Friday's race off a runner-up finish in an OSS Gold on July 24 and sported a two wins from four starts record.
Rail starter Honcho marched forward to command in the early stages and posted fractions of 29 1/5, 58 2/5 and 1:27 1/5. Mahalo sat on the leader's back, while Three Six Zero was right in behind third until angling out nearing three-quarters.
A gelded son of Muscle Mass, Three Six Zero trotted home in 28 seconds for a 3 1/4 lengths victory. Mahalo got second over Honcho. First-time starter Summit Bid was fourth, while Bacio Blue Chip overcame a backstretch break to get up for fifth.
Three Six Zero knocked more than two-seconds off his previous mark and now has C$69,250 earned for owners Yolanda Fellows, Blair Corbeil, Windermere Stable LLC. and Hopkins-Porter. The Fellows trainee was $50,000 (USD) Harrisburg yearling buy.
A $2 win ticket returned $2.80.
The C$155,000 Grade 3 Millard Farms Final will take place next Friday (August 7). Elimination winners drew for posts two through six. Below is the field for next week's final.
1-The Italian Job (Jonathan Drury)
2-Danz Card (Tyler Borth)
3-Mahalo (Trevor Henry)
4-Detonater Hanover (Tyler Moore)
5-Maximum Pressure (Tyler Jones)
6-Three Six Zero (Jody Jamieson)
7-Access Now (Bob McClure)
8-Summit Bid (James MacDonald)
9-Bacio Blue Chip (Mark MacDonald)
10-Honcho (Doug McNair)
AE-Tempson (Trevor Henry)
--press release (Woodbine Mohawk Park)--