July 3, 2021 (Dresden) - Sunday's $15,900 Final of the Mark Austin Pacing Series will be an epic battle with three great contenders.
The 8-5 morning line favourite is Bigmacwithcheese. The five-year-old Betterthancheddar gelding won last week's elimination in 1:57.2 including a back half in 58.3 and a 27.4 kicker. Bigmacwithcheese is owned and trained by MacKenzie MacInnis of Tyne Valley PEI and will have Dale Spence at the controls.
She's A Comedian is the co-second favourite at 3-1 for driver Alfie Carroll. The three-year-old Hes Watching filly won her first elimination in 1:58.1 with a wire-to-wire effort but broke leaving in the second elimination. Shes A Comedian is owned by Alison Hepburn and Susan Homes with Randy Marriage doing the training.
Three-year-old American Ideal filly, Stiletto Blue Chip is also 3-1 for driver JR Plante. Stiletto Blue Chip won handily last week by open lengths in 1:58 after burning to the half in 55.4 after a blistering 27.4 second split. The speedy filly is owned by Wendy Warren Timpano, Frank Tucci and Seaway Stables and conditioned by Mike Timpano.
The annual race is in memory of trainer Mark Austin who died suddenly in 2014. Austin got his start at Dresden Raceway and was one of the top trainers in Ontario with horses racing in the top class at Woorbine and Mohawk. Austin gained fame as he broke one of North America's greatest trotters, A Worthy Lad, for Dr Joe Johnston.
Post time for Sunday's card of racing is set for 1:00 p.m.
Fans who are interested in pre-registering for the day are asked to send the number of people in their party, names and phone numbers for tracing purposes to dresdenracewayreservations@gmail.com or message on the Facebook page.
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