Manitoban filly remains unbeaten in Yonkers debut

Filly, a Manitoba-foaled pacing daughter of Blue Burner, migrated to Yonkers Raceway after four perfect career harness racing starts at Miami Fair and won the Hilltop’s third race on Thursday.

Top Manitoba conditioner Trevor Williams bred, owned, and trained Filly until Joshua Graber of Quincy bought her on Aug. 10. Jennifer Bongiorno took over training duties, and Joe Bongiorno took the lines as the sophomore filly wired the Yonkers conditioned field in a dominant four-length victory. She stopped the timer in 1:54.3, a six and one fifth second improvement on her previous best.

FILLY REPLAY

She crushed her debut opponents by five lengths on Jun. 26 at Miami Fair in Miami, Manitoba and doubled her tally the next week with a seven-and-a-half-length victory in the Lady Crocus. She then won an elimination of the Manitoba Standardbred Futurity Stake and earned another dominant score on Jul. 31 over conditioned opponents. With the Miami Fair dates coming to an end, Williams decided to sell the horse.

Williams told Track On 2 announcer Ken Gee that she started her racing career at three due to a lack of two-year-old conditions in her home province and her Alberta-sired status. Williams also commented on working with the horse.

“She’s been absolutely incredible,” Williams told Gee. “She races just like she trains down. She’s been a treat, even this year as a three-year-old coming down, […] she just does it. There’s nothing I’ve asked her to do that she wouldn’t do, and it’s much the same in the races.”

The Yonkers betting public was on top of Filly, who paid $2.50 to win.

For full race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink