Woodbine Mohawk Park: Pass Line makes some history in OSS Gold Series
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Pass Line became the fastest 2-year-old pacing filly of all-time in the Ontario Sires Stakes program and matched Stockade Seelster's overall record of 1:49 3/5 in winning a C$199,900 Gold Series tilt on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Driven by Yannick Gingras, Pass Line raced in fifth through opening-half panels of 26 1/5 and 54 1/5, then made a first-over move into second on the final bend and was about a length behind leader Resilience (Louis-Philippe Roy) at the 1:22 2/5 three-quarters. Pass Line sustained her bid into the stretch and went by Resilience, then drew off to tally by 4 1/2 lengths. Its A Love Thing (James MacDonald) gave trainer Dave Menary a sweep of the exacta and Odds On Platinum (Sylvain Filion) got third.
"On paper she looked really good. Ronnie (Burke) has talked to me a few times about her, how he liked her, and they thought she was a real nice filly. He was sure right," said Gingras. "She's got high gears, but she's also got some guts. She had to come first-up a long way. It didn't bother her, when I called on her, she just took off."
A filly by All Bets Off, Pass Line is trained by Menary for owners/breeders Burke Racing Stable LLC. and Weaver Bruscemi LLC. She has a lifetime record of 6-1-1 from eight starts, pushed her bankroll to C$267,202 and returned C$5.10 to win as the favorite.
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Mirage Hanover (Bob McClure) and Funtime Bayama (Sylvain Filion) won their respective Gold Series tests for rookie pacing colts and geldings, worth C$102,200 and C$103,100, in 1:51 2/5 and 1:50 1/5.
Scott McEneny trains Mirage Hanover, a Bettor's Delight colt who won for the fourth time in seven outings for owner Marvin Rounick. The Hanover Shoe Farms-bred has banked C$206,560 and returned $3.00 to win.
Funtime Bayama, bred and owned by Bayama Farms, is trained by Richard Moreau. The He's Watching gelding hasn't been out of the top two in five appearances, winning three times and finishing second twice, and he's now pocketed C$163,130. He paid $2.30 to win.