Treasured Tee tenacious in Preferred

Treasured Tee reigned again in the $34,000 Preferred Trot with a wire-to-wire score at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday.

Doug McNair, looking to take both halves of the daily double, hustled Treasured Tee past Memo (Louis-Philippe Roy) to secure an early advantage from post six. Backfield pressure came after first half splits of :28.1 and :56.4 as Perfetto slid out from third at five-eighths and forced an earplug pull from McNair.

Perfetto (Dagfin Henriksen) and pocket-sitter memo chased Treasured Tee going past three-quarters in 1:24.3 and into the stretch. The former two closed down the leader in an all-out drive, but Treasured Tee prevailed in a seasonal best 1:52.4.

Second place finisher Memo and third place finisher Perfetto both finished a half length behind.

TREASURED TEE REPLAY

Richard Moreau trains Treasured Tee, a six-year-old son of Yankee Glide. The stallion has won 15 times and earned $251,871 in his career. Brad Grant of Milton owns the horse.

McNair backed up his early pair of wins with another in the third race. The Guelph, Ont.-based driver has a triple as of the seventh race.

Woodbine Mohawk Park returns with Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots action on Tuesday, Jul. 20. The 10-race program will commence at 7:00 p.m. EDT.

For full race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink