Marion Marauder Photo by New Image Media
Mohawk Racetrack, Ontario, Canada takes centre stage on Saturday night (Sunday in Australia) with the running of the Canadian Trotting Classic and the Maple Leaf Trot – and both will be broadcast on Sky Racing.
Race 7, the AUD$640,000 Maple Leaf Trot (11:30 a.m. AEST) for open class trotters has a real European flavour.
Resolve, who competed in the Elitlopp earlier in the year, led throughout in his elimination in 1:51.1 for hall of famer John Campbell.
Yannick Gingras, who featured in the 2016 International All Stars Series in Victoria took out elimination 2 on the USA mare Hannelore Hanover.
Hannelore Hanover has won 14 of 15 starts this season and now has career earnings of more than a million dollars.
2013 Elitlopp winner Nahar, from Sweden, finished fourth in the elimination, however is sure to improve for the final.
Maple Leaf Trot
1. Resolve
2. Lookslikeachpndale
3. Flanagan Memory
4. Hannelore Hanover
5. Il Sogno Dream
6. JL Cruze
7. Windsun Revenge
8. Nahar
9. Musical Rhythm
10. Shake It Cerry
Race 10, the AUD$700,000 Canadian Trotting Classic (12:30 p.m. AEST) for three year old trotters features Hambletonian champion Marion Marauder pitted against Bar Hopping and Southwind Frank, all of which are by super sire Muscle Hill.
$1.5 million dollar earner Marion Marauder took out elimination 1 easily as a $2.40 favourite in 1:52, whilst it was an upset in elimination 2, Bar Hopping beat the more favoured Southwind Frank in 1:52.4 for Tim Tetrick.
With Marion Marauder drawing outside both of his main rivals in the final, driver Scott Zeron will need to be at his best to get the win for the hometown favourite.
Canadian Trotting Classic
1. Southwind Frank
2. Waitlifter K
3. Bar Hopping
4. Marion Marauder
5. Tony Soprano
6. Dia Monde
7. Winter Harbor
8. Brooklyn Hill
9. Bee In Charge
10. Warrawee Roo
We hope to see more racing from Mohawk Racetrack in the near future.
