Stormont Garcon remains undefeated in Bridger leg

The undefeated Stormont Garcon won his eighth straight while Southwind Wrangler broke his maiden in Thursday’s second leg of the Bridger Trotting Series for 2-year-old colts and geldings at Mohawk Racetrack.

 

In the opening $20,000(C) division, Southwind Wrangler was sent straight to command from post seven by driver Jack Moiseyev and never looked back en route to a 1:57.3 tally. The son of Windsong's Legacy-Win B used a :28.1 final quarter to hold off a late challenge from Adrion Dream with Go Go Red Marty also closing sharply to pick up the show spot.

 

It was the first win in two career starts for the Torgeir Hagmann trainee who is owned by Kjell Magne Anderson of Oslo, Norway and Troy Mollohan of Fowler, Ohio. The colt is eligible to the lucrative William Wellwood Memorial Stake at Mohawk with eliminations slated for Sept. 13.

 

Stormont Garcon also took command in the early stages of the second division and then cruised to a 1:57.3 victory for driver Rick Zeron. The son of Stormont Bronze-Samata showed some greenness in the late states and wandered across the racetrack but managed to hold safely over Newport Volo and Bay Lightning.

 

John MacMillan does the training of Stormont Garcon for owner Eric Baker of Long Sault, Ont. The winner’s share of the purse bumped his seasonal earnings to just over $45,000.