After having her six-race win streak snapped earlier this month, three-year-old pacing filly Mystifying returned to the winner’s circle in the single Atlantic Sires Stakes ‘A’ division event contested on Saturday (August 28) at Northside Downs for a purse of $17,140.
With trainer and co-owner Darryl MacLean at the controls, Mystifying was sent off as the lukewarm 3-1 choice in the field of eight. Leaving from post three, Mystifying was able to pocket up behind second choice Aspoonfulofsugar (Redmond Doucet) through a :28 opening quarter. As the field straightened for the opening half, MacLean right-lined Mystifying from the pocket to pressure the pacesetter.
A :57.1 half mile took its toll on Aspoonfulofsugar, who had no response for the challenger. MacLean asked for some acceleration from Mystifying and she responded, pacing to the lead and then hitting the third station in 1:26.4 with more than four lengths on his rivals. MacLean kept his filly to task and she was more than a length better than a hard-closing Woodmere Vanish (Paul Langille) in 1:56.3. Elm Grove Penney (Marc Campbell) rounded out the top trio.
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