By
Ray Cotolo, for The Red Mile
LEXINGTON,
KY— Sophomore Filly Trotting giant Ariana G continued her reign over the
division, taking the second of three divisions of the $183,900 Cantab Hall
Bluegrass Three-Year-Old Filly Trot, sponsored by Hanover Shoe Farms and
Brittany Farms, by four-and-a-quarter lengths in 1:52.2.
Going
as the 1-9 favorite, Yannick Gingras floated Ariana G towards the top, wide
before clearing the lead past a :28.4 opening quarter. She remained in front on
an uncontested lead, going a half in :57.1 and three-quarters in 1:26 before
drawing away from pocket-sitter Fine Tuned Lady, finishing second, and Dream
Together, chasing in third.
Winning
her 19th race in 23 starts, Ariana G, by Muscle Hill out of the
Cantab Hall mare Cantab It All, is a homebred for owners Marvin Katz and Al
Libfeld, earning them over $1.5-million in her career. Trained by Jimmy Takter,
she returned $2.10 to win.
Thats
All Moni, also trained by Jimmy Takter, took the first division of the
Bluegrass filly trot in 1:52.2.
Evelyn
set the pace, going fractions of :28 and :56.1 unchallenged on the lead.
Highland Top Hill, sitting third, edged first over moving into the turn,
marching toward the pacesetter at three-quarters in 1:24.3 while carrying Thats
All Moni into contention from second over.
Circumventing
stalled cover, Thats All Moni rallied wide in the stretch, overtaking Evelyn
and striding to a two-length lead over Overdraft Volo, pulling out of the
pocket to take second, with Evelyn fading to third.
By
Cantab Hall from the Pine Chip mare Mom’s Millionaire, Thats All Moni, winning
her ninth race in 21 starts, has earned $455,914 for owners Brittany Farms,
Marvin Katz, and Al Libfeld. Driven by Tim Tetrick, she paid $4.80 to win.
Sweeping
first over around the final turn, Ice Attraction held off 8-5 favorite Dream
Baby Dream to win the final Bluegrass filly trot at 10-1 by a nose in 1:52.4.
Trainer-driver
Ake Svanstedt positioned Ice Attraction fourth off a :28.2 quarter set by Feed
Your Head. After a :57 half, Ice Attraction committed first over, drawing
alongside Feed Your Head after a 1:25.1 third-quarter and took a narrow lead
into the stretch.
As
Feed Your Head dropped out of contention, Dream Baby Dream rallied from third
over, overtaking pocket-sitter Treviso in third and rushing toward Ice
Attraction trotting to the line, with Ice Attraction holding a slight advantage
on the line while Treviso chased two lengths back in third.
Returning
$22.20 to win, Ice Attraction, by Muscle Hill out of the Conway Hall mare The
Ice Queen, won her seventh race in 23 starts, earning $213,772 for owners Ake
Svanstedt Inc., Douglas Sipple, Mal and Janet Burroughs LLC, and Little E
LLC.
