Woodbine Mohawk Park: Tompkins-Geers Stakes conclude

The Tompkins-Geers Stakes for 2-year-old colts and geldings was the main event of Friday evening's card at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Administrated by the Hambletonian Society, the Tompkins-Geers attracted a single division for both the pacing and trotting events.

Prince Hal Hanover rocketed home and edged a flying rival to win the C$50,760 Tompkins-Geers for pacers in 1:52 3/5.

Driven by Bob McClure, Prince Hal Hanover got away fourth and watched his Dr. Ian Moore stablemate Glowing Lou cut out fractions of 27 3/5 and 57 before moving first-up on the far turn to get to within a couple lengths at the 1:26 three-quarters. Lite Up The World, who followed Prince Hal Hanover throughout, was situated second-over at three-quarters.

In the stretch, Prince Hal Hanover powerfully stormed to the lead and would kick home in 26 1/5, holding off a strong Lite Up The World by a head in 1:52 3/5. Bitcoin Hanover was a good third, while TH Kay C Crunch got fourth.

A son of Captaintreacherous, out of the Dr. Moore-developed Percy Blue Chip, Prince Hal Hanover was making his career debut Friday off a 1:55 3/5 qualifying score.

"He's really got to be an impressive colt in recent times," said Dr. Moore. "I just love racing the babies for the first time, it's so exciting and it never gets old.

"(Prince Hal Hanover) was mediocre until maybe about two months ago. He started growing, he was a slim build and not real big, just an average size colt, but I liked him...he grew and filled out an awful lot. He got tall recently. We've let his hopples out five inches in the last two months; that shows how much he's grown."

A $130,000 yearling purchase, Prince Hal Hanover is owned by Prince Hal Hanover Stable of Cambridge, Ontario. A $2 win ticket on Prince Hal Hanover returned $3.50.

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Go Ahead Makemyday showed no prisoners to win the C$47,925 Tompkins-Geers for trotters.

Driven by Sylvain Filion, Go Ahead Makemyday left out strong to get early control and would carry favorite Manforce on the outside until early in the backstretch. Filion immediately re-moved to the lead after letting Manforce clear. Go Ahead Makemyday set the fractions of 28 2/5, 59 2/5 and 1:29 3/5 before powering home in 27 3/5 and turning away Manforce by 2 1/4 lengths for the 1:57 1/5 score. Galen Erso was third, while Uncensored finished fourth.

Trained by Blake MacIntosh, Go Ahead Makemyday was making his career debut after two good qualifiers, including a 2:00 2/5 win on June 14. Despite the nice morning efforts, the son of Walner went off at odds of 7-1.

"He's done everything right in the qualifiers and training down," said MacIntosh. "We trained him in (1):57, so I knew he had a lot of speed, and I thought he was a good price at that."

A $17,000 yearling purchase, Go Ahead Makemyday is owned by MacIntosh, Van Camp Trotting Corp., Mortgage Boys Stable and Ozzie MacKay. Go Ahead Makemyday paid $16.10 to win.

--press release (Woodbine Mohawk Park)--