Woodbine Mohawk Park: Road to the Mohawk Million - Week 3
The inaugural Mohawk Million for 2-year-old trotters is scheduled for September 26 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Nine owners paid $110,000 each to own slots for the $1,000,000 race. Each slot-holder may enter their own horse in the Mohawk Million or make arrangements with another owner to use the entry. In addition, a tenth spot in the million-dollar race will be awarded to the winner of the William Wellwood Memorial on September 12 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Below are the Top 10 horses on the Road to the Mohawk Million (Week 3 - August 27) as rated by DRF Harness Editor Derick Giwner along with his comments.
| RANK | HORSE | SEX | SIRE | RECORD/BEST WIN TIME | LAST START | OWNER(S) | COMMENTS |
| 1 | Captain Corey | C | Googoo Gaagaa | 3-3-0-0 (1:54 1/5 - Mw) | Won PASS by 7 3/4 lengths at Pocono on 8/23 | Owner(s): SRF Stable, Knutsson Trotting, Midnight Sun Partners, Ake Svanstedt | He already owns two track records and seems to be getting more powerful. Googoo Gaagaa colt has PASS final Sept. 5 at Pocono next. Sources say ownership has been approached with offers to get into the Mohawk Million. No decisions have been made. |
| 2 | Macho Martini | C | Muscle Mass | 5-5-0-0 (1:54 4/5 - Wbsb) | Won OnSS Gold at Mohawk on 8/20 | Determination |
Set a new lifetime mark on 8/13 and easily kept his perfect record intact on 8/20. Owner already has a ticket to the Million in his pocket. |
| 3 | Southwind Tyrion | C | Muscle Hill | 3-3-0-0 (1:54 - Med) | Won Garden State at Meadowlands on 8/7 | SRF Stable, Ake Svanstedt, Knutsson Trotting Inc., Brittany Farms LLC | Has done everything right and beaten some talented horses, but hasn’t raced in three weeks. |
| 4 | Darlene Hanover | F | Chapter Seven | 5-3-1-0 (1:53 4/5 - Lex) | Won KYSS at Red Mile on 8/24 | Yankeeland Partners LLP | Waited off a fast pace and gobbled them up most recently. We still don’t know her ceiling. |
| 5 | Lady Chaos | F | Cantab Hall | 4-3-0-0 (1:54 2/5 - Med) | 4th in KYSS at The Red Mile on 8/24 | Richard Gutnick, Tom Pontone, Joseph Lozito Jr, Enviro Stables Ltd | Was rolling along with a perfect record prior to her most recent start where she went wicked fractions of 27 and 54 before tiring. |
| 6 | Dancinginthedark M | C | Readly Express | 3-2-0-0 (1:52 3/5 - Lex) | Broke in KYSS at Red Mile on 8/24 | Menhammar Stuteri Ab | Missed Walner’s world record by a second in the fastest mile of the year last out while in-hand, but broke when angled on the final turn from third most recently. He’s fast. Will he behave? |
| 7 | Venerate | F | Love You | 4-2-0-2 (1:52 4/5 - Lex) | Won KYSS at Red Mile on 8/24 | Pinske Stables, Andy Miller Stable Inc. | Debuts at #7 off a impressive wire-to-wire score in the second-fastest time of 2020 for a 2-year-old. |
| 8 | In Range | C | Bar Hopping | 5-4-1-0 (1:55 1/5 - PcD) | Won PASS at Pocono on 8/23 | Amg Stable Inc., Kenneth Kjellgren, Tomas, Asell, Rick Wahlstedt | After suffering his first defeat due to chasing slow fractions, he took things into his own hands and went wire to wire in 1:55 1/5 last time. |
| 9 | Zenith Stride | C | Muscle Hill | 4-1-0-0 (1:55 1/5 - Med) | Won Peter Haughton at Meadowlands on 8/8 | Emilio & Maria Rosati | Paid $177 to win in the Haughton while stamping himself as an up-and-comer. When will we see him next? No starts since August 8. |
| 10 | Flawless Country | F | Southwind Frank | 5-3-2-0 (1:54 1/5 - PcD) | Won PASS at Pocono on 8/17 | Ake Svanstedt, Wolfganf A Stable Inc., Borje Nasstrom | She hardly blew away her competition last time out but did beat a nice field in a career-best clocking. Her losses were by a neck and a nose. |