MILTON, June 22, 2019 – Easy Lover Hanover 1:48.3 performance in the $34,000 Preferred headlined a sizzling Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park. A total of 10 races were contested on Saturday evening at the Milton oval and six of them saw final times of sub-1:50. Ben Wallace trainee Easy Lover Hanover rallied from sixth and last to win the $34,000 feature in a season’s best 1:48.3. Doug McNair steered the six-year-old gelding to his second win in five starts this season and 36th overall. Nirvana Seelster posted a :25.4 opener before being confronted by Physicallyinclined, who led by the half in :53.1 and three-quarters in 1:21.1. Easy Lover Hanover was sixth and just over seven-lengths from the lead swinging for home. ‘Easy Lover’ paced a :26 final-quarter to power by rivals for the 1:48.3 score. Nirvana Seelster finished second, beat a length. American Hustle was third, while Go West Go Fast was fourth. Physicallyinclined was fifth. Owned by Brad Grant, Easy Lover Hanover has banked $50,800 this season to bring his career earnings to $851,249. He paid $13.60 to win. Arguably the most stunning performance of the evening came from three-year-old pacing filly Boadicea, who stopped the clock in 1:49 to establish a new Ontario Sires Stakes record. A daughter of Big Jim, Boadicea captured the second of two $106,400 Gold divisions for driver Jonathan Drury and trainer Bill Budd for her fourth win in five starts this season. The Charles and Gordon Lawrence homebred has now earned $107,733 this season. The clocking of 1:49 smashed the previous mark of 1:49.4, which was set last season by Kendall Seelster. The full list of sub-1:50 miles can be found below: Race 1: Heza Thrill N ($23.40) – Bob McClure/Dean Nixon – 1:49.1 Race 2: Easy Lover Hanover ($13.60) – Doug McNair/Ben Wallace – 1:48.3 Race 4: Always A Hotshot ($24.50) – Jonathan Drury/Carmen Auciello – 1:49.3 Race 7: Fancourt ($14.90) – James MacDonald/Nick Gallucci – 1:49.1 Race 8: Boadicea ($3.20) – Jonathan Drury/Bill Budd – 1:49 Race 10: Pedro Hanover ($9.30) – Louis Philippe Roy/Corey Giles – 1:49.4 Live racing resumes Monday evening at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Post time is 7:10 p.m. Share This:Share
