Dreamfair Eternal wins Roses Are Red in record time

Tony Kerwood was responsible for one final upset on Maple Leaf Trot night at Mohawk, steering 25-1 shot, Dreamfair Eternal, to victory in a stunning track record time of 1:49.2, in the $373,600 Roses Are Red Stakes for mature distaff pacers.

 

Through blistering fractions of :26.1, :53.3, and 1:21.0, Dreamfair Eternal rode comfortably along in mid-field while a changing cast of characters, including Tidewaterdragonfly (Jack Moiseyev), Hana Hanover (Randy Waples), and Btwnyurheartnmine (Tim Tetrick) did the heavy lifting up front. Kerwood angled Dreamfair Eternal out three-wide as the field entered the stretch, and accelerated to a two-length lead. Favourites Darlins Delight (Yannick Gingras) and Southwind Tempo (Jody Jamieson) gave chase, but couldn’t catch Dreamfair Eternal as she swept under the wire a length in front.

 

The 1:49.2 clocking was not only a personal best for the five-year-old daughter of Camluck, but also a new Mohawk track record for older pacing mares, shaving one-fifth of a second off the old mark originally set by Rons Girl in 2000 and since equaled by the likes of Moving Pictures and Ideal Weather.

 

Darren McCall trains the homebred Dreamfair Eternal for John and Mary Lamers of Ingersoll, Ontario. The $186,800 cheque for the win was by far the mare’s biggest score of her career, pushing her career earnings past the $700,000 mark. She paid $61.00, $19.60, and $9.50 for the win.

 

“We got away real well for her,” Kerwood said. “Her strength is the way she can kick home. She’s got such a turn of foot to her, it’s just incredible. This is definitely the best mare I’ve ever driven. It just feels great.” (WEG)