Oh Gouda gets it done in Prospect Series

Oh Gouda (Betterthancheddar), an eight-time winner this year, tallied her first win in the Prospect Series on Wednesday (Aug. 16) in leg 4A for three-year-old pacing fillies at Grand River Raceway.

Michael Horner sent her to the front, curtailing a repeat of the filly’s first-up trip last time. Oh Gouda put up splits of :28, :57.3, and 1:26.1, and was in control the whole way. Chocolateforlunch (Anthony Haughan) made a sharp move and tested the winner, but Oh Gouda was two-and-a-half lengths clear and scored in a career-best 1:55.3. Maple (Travis Henry) finished third.

OH GOUDA REPLAY

Oh Gouda is eight-for-17 this year but hadn’t previously won in the Prospect Series, the third tier of the Ontario Sires Stakes program. She has won nine of 22 races lifetime and has earned $46,067 in earnings. Horner trains the filly for R A W Equine of Burlington and Mark Horner of St. Marys.

Powder Play (Sportswriter) also won for the first time in the series with her victory in the first division. The Tony Beaton-trained filly passed the flagging leader at three-quarters and brushed off Dewitt This Moment (J. Bradley Harris) down the lane to win in 1:54.1. Dewitt This Moment was well clear in second. Brynley Seelster (Scott Coutler) closed in the last quarter to complete the triactor.

POWDER PLAY REPLAY

Powder Play has started 16 times, winning three times and earned $34,175. Robert Woodburn owns the filly.

The next Prospect Series leg for three-year-old pacing fillies is scheduled for Sep. 1 at Kawartha Downs.

Grand River Raceway will hold five legs of the second-tier Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots on Friday, Aug. 18. The two-year-old pacing males will contest their third leg in races one, two, four, six, and seven.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink