Brad Forward put the pedal to the metal right from the word ‘go’ with Putnam Mackenzie in Tuesday’s featured $10,500 Fillies & Mares Preferred at The Raceway at The Western Fair District, and she responded with a gate-to-wire score in 1:54.4.
Putnam Mackenzie rolled the field through fractions of :28.1, :57.1 and 1:25.1 before using a :29.3 closing quarter to seal the deal by three-quarters of a length over Cards That Count. Third prize went to Brushstrokes.
Dean Nixon trains the six-year-old daughter of Grinfromeartoear-Royas Bambi for owner Leo Racicot of Harrow, Ontario. It was the sixth win of the campaign – and the 26th to date – for the career winner in excess of $360,000.
Misty Moonstone was just as quick in the $5,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred 3 for the tandem of driver Scott Coulter and trainer Peter Core. The six-year-old daughter of Astreos-Access Hollywood also used ‘catch me if you can’ tactics to produce her victory.
Coulter chopped out panels of :27.4, :57.3 and 1:26 with the OSS graduate before using a :28.4 kicker to secure the win by two lengths. Twilight Katie was next under the line, with the show dough being earned by J M Lasstax.
Donald and Heather McGregor of Camlachie, Ontario own the 25-time winner who improved her 2013 record to 3-3-3 from 19 starts with the win. She’s stashed away more than $22,000 this season and $382,285 to date.
To view results for Tuesday's card of harness racing, click the following link: Tuesday Results – The Raceway at The Western District.