Fillies score victories of particular note at Lexington

There were two filly trotters who scored victories of particular note at The Red Mile Monday night. They were Grand Cameron, the first foal from the ill-fated Cameron Hall, and Yalta Hanover, a speedy daughter of Andover Hall.

Grand Cameron scored her first career triumph in a late closing series leg after beginning her season with three straight second-place finishes. Dan Shetler was in the bike for trainer Bob Stewart as Grand Cameron trotted a :28.3 final quarter to defeat the favored Sugarcane Yankee and Marquis Johansson by 1 3/4 lengths in 1:57.4. Diamond Creek Farm owns the daughter of Yankee Glide.

On July 30 Cameron Hall, who took a mark of 1:53.4 and earned $1.8 million during her illustrious racing career, was euthanized after contracting a non-reversible condition that involved her small intestine.

Yalta Hanover’s 1:53.3 victory in a conditioned trot, also driven by Shetler, this time for trainer Henrik Hollsten, was her third in eight starts for owner Reve Avec Moi Dreamwithme. The mile was the second fastest by a female offspring of Andover Hall, behind the 1:53 mile turned in last year by Pampered Princess in an elimination for the Hambletonian.

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