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First-year pacing fillies take to Balmoral Park

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July 03, 2009

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Freshmen pacing fillies grabbed the spotlight on Thursday night at Maywood Park as a total of 12 Illinois conceived and foaled youngsters battled in a pair of $7,500 Juxtaposition Stake splits.

In the first division Jackie Butenschoen�s promising young filly Fox Valley Angie had no trouble disposing of five rivals in 1:59.1.

Handled like she was much the best in this field of 2 year olds, Hall of Famer Dave Magee sent the daughter of Sportsmaster-Assailed right to the front from her inside starting spot.

Pacing comfortably through splits of :29.2, 100.3 and 1:30.2 while unchallenged on the front end, the John Butenschoen-trained miss then sealed the deal with a :28.4 final quarter to notch her first career victory. Vegas Date (Travis Seekman) rallied while first over to finish second and Whistle A Tune (Robert Smolin) was third, seven lengths behind the winner.

In the second division John Carver�s Lyfslykaboxachoclt continued to impress as she held on gamely for a head decision in 1:59.4.

Intent on calling the shots with this $24,000 yearling purchase, driver Marcus Miller had the daughter of Park Place-Box Car Girl out and rolling as Wiley Temtpress led the field through an opening split of :29. Grabbing command of the proceedings as the field entered the stretch for the first time the Ervin Miller trained miss then went on to rattle off middle splits of 1:00 and 1:30.

With the easy fractions under her belt Lyfslykaboxachoclt managed to hold off a hard charging Rolldownthehiway (Brandon Simpson) despite a slight miscue in the late going. Echoes In My Soul (Todd Warren) wound up a hard fought third after making a first over bid heading for the half-mile mark. (Balmoral Park)

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