Four-across finish in $36,000 Fillies and Mares Preferred

Prohibition Legal (Big Jim) got up by a nose to prevail over several of her harness racing opponents in next week’s Milton Stakes in the $36,000 Fillies and Mares Preferred at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday (Sep. 6).

She landed in the pocket for Louis-Phillippe Roy behind Tells On A Roll (Travis Cullen), who was looking for her third straight Preferred win. The latter paced through the quarter in :26.3 and half in :56.1 before receiving a challenge from the first-over and marching Silver Label (Doug McNair) on the final turn.

Silver Label pressured the leader to three-quarters in 1:24.2 and grinded away at her down the stretch with Prohibition Legal trapped at the pylons. Prohibition Legal slipped out in the final eighth of a mile, dispatched Tells On A Roll to take the lead, and held off Silver Label to snag the victory in 1:51.2.

Huntress (Sylvain Filion) surged late and got up for third, a half-length back. Caviar N Crackers (Ed Hensley) was right there with them in fourth.

PROHIBITION LEGAL REPLAY

Prohibition Legal is now two-for-11 on the season and has hit the board seven total times at the Preferred level. Nick Gallucci trains the homebred mare for Millar Farms. The five-year-old has racked up 12 career victories and $1,057,897 in earnings in 33 appearances.

Several of the horses in the Friday feature will rematch next week in the Milton Stakes. Prohibition Legal, Silver Label, Sylvia Hanover, and Tells On A Roll will be joined top-ranked filly Twin B Joe Fresh and Always B Naughty.

Driver Jason Ryan tripled on the card.

Woodbine Mohawk Park will wrap up its race week on Saturday, Sep. 7 with a stakes-filled card featuring four divisions of the Champlain and two Simcoe splits. Racing will begin at 7:10 p.m. EDT.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink