Voelz Delight failed to make the cut to Saturday’s Milton Stakes Final after finishing sixth in last week’s elimination round, but she dropped in class and cruised to a handy win in Friday’s $32,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Sylvain Filion hustled Voelz Delight to the lead from Post 6 and they charged past the quarter pole in :26.4 before yielding to Western Wish in the backstretch.  Western Wish supplied the field with middle panels of :55.2 and 1:23.2, but she couldn’t seal the deal.

Filion angled out the pocket in the lane with Voelz Delight and the four-year-old daughter of Bettors Delight-Voelz Hanover stormed home in :26 to win by 2-1/2 lengths over Western Wish in 1:49.3.  Shes Got It All was third.       

It was a new lifetime mark for the homebred who now hangs her harness bag in the barn of trainer Jean Tourigny.  Sent off as the even-money favourite, Voelz Delight posted the win for owner/breeder Richard Berthiaume of Pointe-aux-trembles, Que. 

The Ontario Sires Stakes graduate now owns a 3-2-2 record this season from nine trips to the track.  The 10-time winner has banked $590,737 to date.

To view results for Friday's card of harness racing, click the following link: Friday Results – Woodbine Mohawk Park.