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a < i e 2à '-- TheCanadian Champion, Tueaday, May 9, 2000 Wet win at Mohawk The month oC May opened with showers ai Mohawk Raceway, but that didn't stop Victoria Dare fromn doing a raja dance around six rivais la tbe $53,500 final of tbe Princeas Paciag Series. The thrce-year-old daughter of Artsplace got off ta ber usual slow start aad fouad herseif second st la the early goiag as Village Mystic grabbed coatral ai tbe race- track for Paul MacDonell ia an impressive :28.1. As the haîf flashed up la :57, Miltoa's Randali Waples moved second choice Kesons Detigbt ta the top and tried ta gel a breather before Victoria Dare came cati- iag. Ton late as it would tumn out, as Rager Mayotte already had Victoria Dare la top gear and blew on by ta reach the three- quartera ia 1:25.2, courtesy ai a middle baillan an explosive :55.2. She stili kept enougb ia reserve ta pace ta a comfortable victory la 1:55.3, wiaaiag by one-aad-tbree-quarter lengtba over Cosmic Angel - wba nipped Kesons Deligbt for second. Wbile obviously pleased witb ber effort, Mayotte aaid Victoria Dare was an adven- ture bebind tbe starting gate. "Sbe's alwaya been badl bebind tbe gate and just didn't get up ta it like last week when she was better Ibis ever,- said Mayotte. "Wben the gate left abe was going back- wards away from it 50 I lot away a littie warae than 1 wanted ta. 'lTben, wbea I moved ber, I saw Randy cleareai aad I figured 1 better not let hlm get a boeatber sa we came at hlm pretty bard. I was able ta clear around hlm belote we lot inta the turn. Sbe bas very higb spee., After sucb a fast middile hall mile. Mayotte admitteai be was concemed enter- iag the stretcb. He recalled, "Sbe was a littte tired in tbe lane, but she just kept gaing." Yauag bought the sturdy filly for wbat bas turaed out ta be a bargain $25,000 U.S. back at tbe Meadowlaads Sale in January. Afier a somewhat lacklustre faurtb-place finisb la ber firat start for Young, Victoria Dare bas since reeled off seven consecu- tive victoniea. The $26.750 Princeas cheque boosted ber 2000 earninga ta an impressive $90,085. Young said Victoria Dare's scbedule calta for a trip east ta New Jersey for somne stakes races Chia montb befare retumiag bome June 3. Mustangs, corralling wi&s in bQys bsebûll, lIbe only thing Milton Ditrict High's basebat team bas been unsuccesafut at tbrough tbe flrst balf af their regutar seasan scbedule is fanding adequate competition. A quick glance at their nuru- bers and tbat point îsa't even rmtety, debatable. Since blanking Actan 7-0 ta open the year, the Mustangs have widened their margin af victory cach tiano ou. }lc#diag stl unbllaten la tbe Hatn Regioa Richlardson Division - Burliatpton's Notre D~aim Mtsb being the other. Tbey kept their perfect record intact with a sweep of their cross-town rivets. At Mapteburst Park Wedaesday, MD expladed for aine rusa la the fiftb inaing en route ta traundcng tbe E.C. Drury Spartans 12-3. Leadine MD's offensive Jeif MacLeod eiiasbed a two- stan hiu ta higblight a five-nin first iftiiig wtsile Paul Duf capped tbinga off with a tbree- rua abat la the sixts. Konkle and Mike L.eisbma eacb had a pair of bita wbite rookie. Curtis Davies recorded bis flrst bit Finkbeiner beld appasiag bat- ters at bay tbrougb bis atlotted four malanga, ailowiag just tbree bits and one rua, while McGuffie rîb aela taplpac for child t n about peraonal safety New there's help. 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