Tetrick, who won earlier on the card with Chapter Seven
(Crown Trot), American Jewel (Three-Year-Old Filly Pace) and Heston Blue Chip
(Three-Year-Old Colt Pace), also joined Hall of Famers John Campbell (1985,
1993), Mike Lachance (2000) and Ron Pierce (2004, 2005) as the only four-time
Crown race winners in a single year, when all 12 races were not combined into
one evening.
Anndrovette, a five-year-old daughter of Riverboat King-Easy
Miss, thus successfully defended her Crown title, after winning the same event
last year at Woodbine. It was her seventh win of the season in a
busy 23-race campaign and the victory, worth $165,750, pushed her career
bankroll to over $2 million.
After taking the field through an opening quarter in :26.1 Tetrick
allowed Anndrovette to settle in third, as Rebeka Bayama cut out splits of 54
seconds for the half and 1:22.3 for three-quarters, before being challenged by
Drop the Ball.
The two favourites appeared poised for a stretch battle
before Tetrick eased Anndrovette out for a late close, eventually scoring by
one and one-half lengths in 1:50.1. Drop the Ball outduked
Rebeka Bayama for the place award by almost two lengths.
“It’s been an amazing ride,” said the 30-year-old
Tetrick. “I just feel very fortunate. I thank God, all the owners and
trainers, my wife for standing behind me. It’s just been great.
“My mare is really tough. She likes to be forwardly
placed. She can either cut it or follow when it’s going plenty fast.
Today, (driver) Sylvain’s (Filion) mare (Rebeka Bayama) came and I let
him go. I made him work at it a little bit. At the top of the lane I got lucky
and squeezed out behind (driver) Yannick (Gingras) and Drop The Ball) and my
mare did the rest of the work from there. She just took right off.
“She’s tough as nails. Last week she got parked and she came
back with a vengeance. She’s very tough about that. She turns the page very
quickly.”
Dismissed at 6-1, Anndrovette paid $14.90, $6.10 and $3.50,
teaming with Drop the Ball ($3.60, $2.90) for a $55.70 (4-11) exactor. A
4-11-9 (Rebeka Bayama, $2.80) triactor returned $152.80, while a $1 superfecta
[4-11-9-3 (Camille)] came back $486.25.
