Paging a winner in the Autumn Series 3CT final

The 7-5 favorite, Joe Page, pounced from mid-pack to catch a flagging Southwind Rew and win the $47,500(C) Ontario-sired Autumn Series final for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings Monday evening at Woodbine.

Leaving from post four, Rick Zeron settled Joe Page into a stalking position in the middle of the pack while Mr. Go and Tom Strauss bore the brunt of a nasty winter wind, up front, with Red Zeppelin and Roger Mayotte riding the pocket through fractions of :27.1 and :57.1. At the half-mile marker, Sylvain Filion put elimination winner, Southwind Rew, into motion, and opened up a four-length lead by the three-quarters marker. But a :28.4 third quarter took its toll on Southwind Rew, who was able to give no more when Joe Page came surging past in the stretch to win by 1 3/4 lengths. The winning time was 1:56.3.

Southwind Rew hung on for second, with Striking Rich and Trevor Ritchie grabbing the show spot.

Joe Page, a son of Mr. Lavec, is trained by Tony Montini for Joseph Cicatello and Michael Rashkin of Hamburg, N.Y. He was unraced as a 2 year old. This was his fourth trip to the winner’s circle in 17 tries, and boosts his bankroll to $79,8209(C). (WEG) 

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