A Fiesty Affair equals freshman mark

A Fiesty Affair equaled the Hanover Raceway track record for two year old pacing fillies Saturday en route to a nine-length victory in Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots competition. The Camluck freshman led gate-to-wire in a 1:57.2 effort, one of five divisions contested.

Onyx Killean wired the field in the $21,647 first split to win by eight and one-quarter lengths in 1:58.3. The favorite was driven by trainer Gary Wallace. The Astreos filly is owned by Liam Wallace. Bo Knows Jate filly Nika also received every call in her $21,647 split, crossing the wire two and one-quarter lengths in front. Jim McClure guided the freshman to the 1:59 score for owner and trainer John Rier.

Trainer and co-owner Carl Jamieson steered Ms Harrington to a near three-length victory in the $21,647 fourth division. The Camluck filly set all the fractions as the favorite before stopping the clock in 1:58.4. In the final division, which offered a $21,277 purse, Random Dreamer kept a neck in front Kingfishers Gypsy in a time of 1:59.2. The daughter of D M Dilinger was driven to victory by Jim Ritchie.

Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots competition for freshman filly trotters took place Saturday at Georgian Downs. Four $26,222 contests were slated, with Ena Jane claiming the fastest split with a 2:00.4 performance. Driven by Dave Boughton, the Duke Of York two year old wired the field to win by two and one-half lengths.

Dr Sparky and Aaron Byron collected the first division in 2:02.3. The Dr Ronerail filly is owned and trained by Karel Laarakkers. My Pen Pal and Trevor Henry trotted to a gate-to-wire victory in the second split. The second choice stopped the clock in 2:02.1. Travelin Supergirl put a neck in front of favorite Ms Naughty to win the third division in 2:01.2. The Kadabra freshman was driven by trainer Mark Steacy.

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