Colts from the first crop of Sportswriter swept a trio of $70,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions at Mohawk tonight for two-year-old pacing colts including a pair from the Casie Coleman stable where Sportswriter also resided during his racing career.
In the second and quickest test it was Sportsmanship grabbing early control but he was passed at the opening quarter in :27.4 by favourite Deetzy. That colt’s tenure on top wasn’t long though as up came Chris Christoforou with Bob Ben And John who hit the half in :56.2 and the three-quarters in 1:24.3. He simply pulled away from the field to win handily in 1:53. Win One Soon was second with York Seelster third.
It was the first lifetime start for the colt owned by Coleman’s West Wins Stable of Cambridge, Ontario and Adriano Sorella of Milton, Ontario. A $17,000 purchase at last year’s Lexington Select Sale, the Sportswriter colt is a half-brother to $223,000 winner Ohmybelle.
In the first test it was Manny In Sports on top first to head the field by the opening quarter in :28.1. Colonys Best came out from second to take over before the :56.4 half. Windsong Lightning then came first over to challenge and was head to head with the leader at the three-quarters in 1:25.1.
As the colts came down the stretch Manny In Sports found room up the rail for James MacDonald and hit the wire first in 1:53.4. However, it was determined that the Badlands Hanover colt had violated the pylon rule and was therefore placed sixth. That moved second place finisher Rollwiththepunches, driven by Christoforou, into the winner’s spot followed by Windsong Lightning and Colonys Best.
Coleman trains and owns Rollwiththepunches, a Sportswriter colt making his career debut off a pair of qualifiers.
The third and final division saw Sportsranger first to the front but when he went offstride at the :27.2 first quarter that allowed Sporting The Look to take over and he hit the half in :56.4, the three-quarters in 1:25.4 and was home first in 1:53.2. Physicallyinclined was second for Paul MacDonell while John Campbell and Go Daddy Go closed from the back of the pack to finish third.
Jody Jamieson piloted Sporting The Look to his first lifetime win for father Carl Jamieson who trains and co-owns with Tom Kyron of Toronto and the colt’s breeder 30 Plus Stable of Trenton, Ontario.
This was the first Gold test for this group in 2014. Their Grassroots counterparts will be at Mohawk tomorrow evening for their first meeting of the year. The next event for the Gold boys will be at Grand River on July 16. To view the complte results from tonight’s races please click Mohawk Results – July 7.