MILTON, Ont., Oct. 12, 2024 – Odds On Platinum held a late lead by a nose to win the $300,000 Three-Year-Old Filly Pace Gold Super Final on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
The time for the mile was 1:49.4 with Sylvain Filion in the bike.
Filion’s filly was quick to leave the gate but stayed put behind Collusion Hanover and Lightning Lizzie in the early going. Odds On Platinum saved ground through the blaze of a first quarter, clocked in :25.4.
Leader Collusion Hanover kept the next two rivals smoking down the backstretch, cutting the half in :54.1. Favourite Its A Love Thing took to the outside and driver James MacDonald had the filly aiming for a big challenge through three-quarters in 1:22.
Filion was sitting on his filly ready to light her burners and when he did, Odds On Platinum fired on the outside to catch a tiring Collusion Hanover while Blazing Belle was working her way into the picture.
Into the stretch, Odds On Platinum was on top and protecting a lead threatened by Its A Love Thing. MacDonald was leaning back and pumped as a duel ensued with his filly on the outside.
“I thought she was going to go right by me,” Filion said of the duel, which he and Odds On Platinum won by a nose. Collusion Hanover finished third.
For Odds On Platinum, it was the sixth win of her sophomore season and the eighth of her career. The victory pushed her two seasons of racing over the $1 million mark to earnings of $1,049,374.
Dr. Ian Moore trains Odds On Platiunum. She is a daughter of Bettors Delight-American Jewel (American Ideal).
She paid $8.90 to win.
“This might be all for her [at three],” Moore said. “She isn’t going to the Breeders’ Crown,” but he indicated a possible supplementing could change that.
“She was better tonight than at the Jug meet,” Filion said. “Dr. Moore did a great job with her [this season].”
Moore said this was a gratifying win.
“Look at her lines this year,” he said, pointing out her many outside posts. “This is the first time she got a good trip. Its A Love Thing is a tremendous filly. Don’t take anything away from her.”
Let It Ride Stables and Odds On Racing own the filly.
FEATURED PHOTO: Odds On Platinum winning the 2024 OSS Gold Super Final race for three-year-old pacing fillies on Oct. 12, 2024 at Woodbine Mohawk Park (Clive Cohen/New Image Media)
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