Tells On A Roll breaks 1:50 in $36,000 Preferred win

Tells On A Roll (Tellitlikeitis) dropped her lifetime mark below 1:50 for the first time as the harness racing mare won her eighth Fillies and Mares Preferred of the season on Friday (Jul. 12) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Travis Cullen pushed her out from post six to take the early lead, going beyond So Much More (James MacDonald) nearing the quarter in :26.4. Tells On A Roll had things her way to the half in :56 before Prohibition Legal (Louis-Philippe Roy) advanced to attack as they raced to three-quarters in 1:23.2

Prohibition Legal clawed to the front in mid-stretch, but she ran out of gas shortly after, and Tells On A Roll pulled away again to a three-and-a-quarter-length victory in 1:49.4.

Prohibition Legal cruised home for second with So Much More in third.

TELLS ON A ROLL REPLAY

Tells On A Roll is now 17-for-39 lifetime and took a new mark with the victory. Jodie Cullen has trained the mare to eight top-class wins in 13 outings this year, including an entry in the Roses Are Red. Paul Sanders of Surrey and A1stable and Ron Cullen of Dundas own the four-year-old, who has now earned $540,486.

The night’s racing also features the first leg of the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots for two-year-old trotting males. The winners were:

• Go Blue (Green Manalishi-New Years Day, Roy) by two lengths in 1:59.2 for trainer Kyle Fellows. Edward and Beverle Wilson own their homebred. Gucci Gucci Goo (Jonathan Drury) was second, Little Arrow (Travis Cullen) finished third.
• Alimony Mike (Royalty For Life-Color Me Pretty, Tyler Jones) by two-and-three-quarter lengths in 1:57.1 for trainer Dustin Jones. Maiden-breaking in for the Dustin Jones Stables homebred. Co-owned by the breeder with Golden Bear Racing and Gestion C Levesque 2005 Inc. Shutter Green (Bob McClure) second, followed by Wearing The Green (Roy).
• Pierre In Paris (Archangel-French Doll, McClure) by two-and-a-quarter lengths in 1:59 in his career debut. Trained by Scott McEneny who co-owns with Aristi Varsakis, Martwest Racing, and Cantucky Farm. Mr Pasadena was second over Stmikes Kerryblues.
• Day (Wheeling N Dealin-On A Sunny Day, Roy) by four lengths in 1:58 for trainer Luc Blais. A homebred for Determination.

Race week at Woodbine Mohawk Park will conclude with a card featuring the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Mid-Season Final for three-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Saturday, Jul. 13. First post is set for 7:10 p.m. EDT.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink