Woodbine Mohawk Park: Momentary Control, One Last Wish tally in OSS Gold Series

Momentary Control won the third race tonight at Woodbine Mohawk Park, a C$101,300 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series division for 3-year-old pacing fillies.

Tyler Jones had Momentary Control (Control The Moment) on the lead at the 26 2/5 opening quarter but yielded to Savethelastdance (Bettor's Delight) and driver James MacDonald going to the half, which was clocked in 56 seconds. Racing to the 1:24 3/5 three-quarters, Momentary Control and Jones tipped out of the two-hole, and in the lane she overtook Savethelastdance on her way to a two length victory in a time of 1:51 1/5. Talk Curdy To Me (Betterthancheddar), driven by Louis-Philippe Roy, challenged Savethelastdance late in the race to win the battle for second.

"I think she matched up well with the Gold fillies all year," said Jones. "She's been racing really, really well in her last three starts, and it gave me extra confidence going in that I beat out some of them last week."

The Control The Moment filly has made C$198,216 over the course of her career for co-owners Andrea Lea Racingstables Inc. and Colin McKenna. Momentary Control has also collected C$76,906 in OSS earnings this year and is trained by Dustin Jones.

"We focused on OSS this year, and we thought if she was going to be good enough, she was going to make her money in this program," said driver Jones. "It's one of the best in the world."

Talk Curdy To Me is trained by Chantal Mitchell, and the filly's second-place finish doubled her OSS earnings this year to C$45,552 for co-owners 9261-7620 Quebec Inc., and Mitchell Di Cenzo. Savethelastdance has collected C$63,341 in OSS earnings this year for owner Millar Farms and now has earned over C$253,451 in her career. The filly is trained by Nick Gallucci.

Momentary Control paid $9.00 to win.

"We are pretty confident in the OSS program, and now we're sitting pretty good for the Super Final," said Jones.

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The second split of the night for 3-year-old pacing fillies was race eight on the card, and One Last Wish (Bettor's Delight), driven by Paul MacDonell, came away with the win after crossing the wire in 1:51 1/5.

Starting from post one, MacDonell sent One Last Wish to the front past the 27 1/5 quarter and kept it through middle-half stations of 56 1/5 and 1:23 3/5. She was challenged in deep stretch as they were three across at the line, but One Last Wish proved too strong. Mist Amber (Betterthancheddar), driven by Sylvain Filion, finished in second, while Lyons Bettorday (Bettor's Delight), piloted by Doug McNair, finished in third.

"She's come back phenomenal this year," said MacDonell. "Right from the start she was strong, a lot stronger than last year, and she's carried it right through the year."

One Last Wish has made C$297,802 over the course of her career and C$224,544 in OSS earnings this year for co-owners Brian Legge and Dr. David Legge. The filly is trained by Ken Sucee and paid $5.90 for the win.

--edited press release (OSS)--