Wilkes-Barre, Pa – Dexter Dunn pulled Miki and Minnie (Always B Miki) From the pocket in the play and Pacesetter Chantilly got close to the finish to capture the $ 250,000 grade 1 James M. Lynch Memorial on Saturday, for 3-year female pacers, with three-quarters of a length in 1: 49.1. Rodeo Drive Deo became third.
It was the long-awaited first meeting between Miki and Minnie, the 2024 Dan Patch Award winner for the best 2-year-old Filly Pacer, and Chantilly, Canada’s Harness Racing Horse of the Year from Canada. They would meet in the fan Hanover Stakes in the Woodbine Mohawk Park in Ontario in June, but Chantilly was scratched due to illness.
On Saturday, Chantilly and driver James Macdonald quickly left post six and rolled to a: 25.4 opening quarter in the lead. Miki and Minnie, who started from post two, took the pocket position behind Chantilly, followed by Rodeo Drive Deo.
The order remained unchanged when Chantilly reached half in: 55 and three -quarters in 1: 22.1. Dunn temporarily tipped out at the last turn, but then returned to the bag to the head of the piece.
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Once Dunn asked Miki and Minnie to go from there, she worked her way to the front as part of a: 26.4 last quarter to achieve her eighth victory in nine races this season.
“Yes, I was a bit nervous,” said the trainer of Miki and Minnie, Chris Ryder, about the matchup. “I thought she could beat us out of the gate, and what would happen after that was Dexter. But (Miki and Minnie) came out well enough to get a good place, and she just has a lot of heart.
‘I think I know my marefolds reasonably well; She is a mill. She is not the fastest mover, perhaps, for actual fast speed, but she can hold any speed she has. She just maintains it. She has a big heart and a great set of lungs, and she always finds the thread. She finds the thread. She finds the thread. It’s fantastic. It’s just a great result.
Miki and Minnie have reached the board in all 20 of her career races, with 14 wins and $ 1.35 million in income. The daughter of Always B Miki-Shat’s The Ticket is owned by breeders Craig Henderson, Robert Mondillo and Lawrence Minowitz.
Miki and Minnie, arranged at number 1 in the current Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown Poll, have started nine of her last 10, which goes back to her breeders Crown Triumph in October. Her only defeat was due to a head in June.
Chantilly, who was unbeaten in nine races last season, won 13 of 15 life.
“Chantilly went a great race,” said Ryder. “It was a matchup that we were looking for, I believe. Let’s do it again.”
Miki and Minnie, the 1-2 favorite, paid $ 3 to win.
Gigglingontheach, Perfidious Crown Win Lynch Consolations
Gungling tontobach went a: 26.2 quarter at Westwinds, and then still had enough to avert that potential pocket trailer while he came home in: 27.2 to win the $ 125,000 Lynch Troost I with a neck in a career-best 1:50. Driver James Macdonald and trainer Juan Cano, a hot combination in recent weeks, combined for the victory with the daughter of Papi Rob HanoverThat ownership is from Hot Lead Farm.
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The Long dark stranger Filly Perfidious Crown became alert in the three-hole early in the three-hole by Pocono’s leading driver, Tyler Buter, then found space on the famous Pocono Pike and responded with a sharp burst to take the $ 75,000 Lynch Consolation II in 1: 51.4. Tony Alagna trains the winner (together with second place Finisher simply perfect). She is owned by Let It Ride Stable Inc., Alagna Racing LLC and Big as -Stallen.
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