Voelz Hanover wires field, Kadealia upsets in OSS filly finals

Voelz Hanover ($3.50) took the early lead and never looked back in taking the $300,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final 3-year-old fillies pacing event at Woodbine Saturday night. Mario Baillegereon guided the Astreos filly to the wire-to-wire head victory for his training brother Benoit and owner Richard Berthiaume of Quebec.

Southwind Swallow was second, nearly two lengths in front of Windsong Eva.

Voelz Hanover, who earned her sixth win of the season, established command early through a spilt of 27.2 seconds. With steady stride, she cut a 56.1 half-mile. Into the turn, she appeared to draw off, but had to hold off a tremendous Southwind Swallow at the wire in 1:56 flat.

It was her 13th career win for $662,134 in purse earnings.

“I think we’re going to try the Breeders Crown with her,” said Benoit Baillargeon. “She deserves a chance, she’s been racing really good.

The Breeders Crown is set for November 29 at the Meadowlands.

Kadealia Shocks in sophomore trotting fillies final
On a night when the odds-on favorites were scoring consistently, longshot Kadealia played the joker when she captured the $300,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final for three-year-old trotting lasses Saturday night at Woodbine.

Sent off at odds of 50-1 against the likes of dominant fillies like Bella Dolce, Warrawee June, and Somebody To Love, Kadealia and Jack Moiseyev led from wire to wire as the snow and wind continued on this blustery night. Paul MacDonell, looking for his fourth OSS victory of the night, brought Bella Dolce up to challenge at the three-quarter marker, but his filly rolled off-stride, leaving Kadealia to cruise home to win by a length over the helmet-riding Only Lonely (Trevor Ritchie), in 1:59.1.

Randy Waples hustled Pasadena Princess up for the show spot, while favoured fillies Somebody To Love, Warrawee June, and Whatta Hotty all had breaks sometime during the mile to put themselves out of contention.

Brenda Teague trains Kadealia, a daughter of Kadabra who had only one previous win on her dance card in 26 tries. The surprise effort has more than doubled her earnings for owner Elmer Fannin of Lincoln, Delaware. (WEG)

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