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The Canadian Champion, Tuelsday, May 7, 2002-B3 Goertz leads Mavericks to win over Guelph Please faxail By STEVE LeBLANC four points, inci dn the' ecul wi h une Iw a noe tw ,, ýi«k i do rs ot ISSIC (Jiîz oldu greai sliccss pics enting goals ibis past season for Milton's AA midget hockey club. Now he's displaying a knack for scoring them and benefitimg these days are the Jr. B Mavericks. They certainly did in GuelphMTursday. Goertz struck six times -including twice in an anx- iety-filled final frame - to lift the retuming lacrosse squad to a 12-11 triumph, its first of the stili young reg- ular season. He flot only doned the role of star but bero as well, making the game-winning deposit with just balf-a-mmnute remaining. Milton overcamne a pair of multi-goal deficits t0 pre- vail and got a spirited play-making effort from assis- tant captain Kaegan Sherriff - who collected four assists to go with bis second-period marker. FelIow assistant Justin Corke ended the night with By BRUCE MURRAY Special ta The Champion Fresh on the heels of War Emblem's longshot tri- umph in the Kentucky Derby Saurday aftemoon, the Classie Series stop in the evening at Mohawk Racetrack offered op ils own menu of major surprises. Fulfilled Dreains kicked the prograin off by shock- mng division standouts Magician and Lyell Creek in the $1 30,900 Trotting Classie. After 4-5 favourite Magician took the compact field of six tbrough fractions of :28.1, :57.4 and 1:27, action beated up in the stretch when Lyell Creek took ai at his nemesis. Suddenly on the scene was Fulfilled Dreains, and Doug Brown has the four-year-old son of Dancer's Victory infou flight for the battle to the finish. The decision was a mere nose, but it was Fulfilled Dreains nailing it over LyelI Creek in 1:54.4 at odds of 24-1. Pegasus Spur was third. "Hes a one-trick pony. He's got one blast (burst of speed) and it's over. If you use it early, you walk (home), if you use iî late, you pray," said John Hayes. who's training Fulfilled Dreams for New Jersey-based Lue Derrico while the horse is in Ontario. -I was hop- ing for a fifth. praying for third and flot expecting first.'" Fulfilled Dreains retumed $5050 and topped a $204. 10 exactor. -Hes got such a big horst of speed and wth the trip hie got. hie was going to give themn a shot,- said Brown. -I didnt know if hie could win, but I knew, especially following Lyell Creek, we were in a good spot. Magician (who fmnished fourth> must have been off bis gaine because he got fairly cheap fractions.- ht was the first wmn in 10 starts this year for Fulfilled Dreains. whos owned by MJG Racing Stables and Hill View Enterprises of New Jersey. The $65.450 winner's share pushed Nis career earnings Io $408.683. Next up was the first of two Classie Oaks evenîs for trotting mares. No Pan No Gain - at 16-1 - collared local queen Donven Promise just sîeps from the wire in a career best 1:55 mile. Miltonian Steve Condren guided the Mr. Vie daugh- ter tc, vietory in just the second start of hier four-year- old eampaign. Cainpbel1ville's Ben Wallace bas taken over training duties on No Pan No Gain for owner Peter Pan Stables. who entered the $69.300 race with $371.315 in earn- ings. Outstanding ineup The $10{).lOt) Classie Distaf featured arguably the greaiest group of female pacers ever assembled at one time. While most of the attention focuseil on 2(001LIS Horse of the Year Bunny Lake and ibis years division donsînator Artistie Vision. eacb of the 12 participants sporied glittering resumnes. Gîven the trend. ii was only fiting for another upseî îo unfold and only too happy io accommodate w-as ageless wonder Sanabelle Island. First of aIl. the eighi- year-old future Hall of Famer slipped througb the cracks ai odds of 47-1, and then with tramner Steve Warrington in the sulky. proceeded to show bier younger rivaIs the cold shoulder. siglcs \e eccool i ibutecd Oy Matt Decaîre, t had Ftlenry and ion Sweetland. The Mavericks were a litIle more effective at staying oui of the penalty box compared t0 the previous week's two-gamne homne stand, and as a resoît kept pace with the Regals through the early going. They also struck for four powerplay goals and limit- ed their hosta 10 just one. Milton wound up on the opposite end of a 12-11 ver- dict in Markham Friday night - due in part 10 a short bench, witb a handful of players attending hockey camps. Nevertheless, the visitors mounted a 7-4 lead in the first two periods before faltering down the stretch and getting vanquished in overtime. Trevor Ford offered a gritty two-way performance Witb Bunny Lake breathing down ber neck and wating to strnke, Sanabelle Island peeled off panels of :27, :55.2 and 1:23. 1. Despite ber best efforts, howev- er, Bunny Lake could get no dloser tban balf-a-length as Sanabelle Island paced home 10 her 57tb lifetiane victory in a lifetime best 1:50.4. "She does most of ber best racing on the front end, s0 I was goiNg to let ber race how sbe likes,' said Warrington of bis pre-race strategy. "Sanabelle bas always fought off every horse to the best of ber ability aIl ber life. If she gets beat if's not because she doesn't try 100 per cent. Sbe's seen al] the good ones come and go and shes the saine right now as sbte was wben sbe was three years old. Shes got tbe saine speed, the saine stamnua and the saine guts." Warrington indicated that he and owners Lloyd and Nancy Arnold and EI Allred were planning on retining Sanabelle Island iminediately after the race bad she not finisbed in the top three. Well, the winner of $1 .65 million appears to bave won a reprieve from retire- ment - but only iemporarily. "Shes in foal io Artsplace,' said Warnington. -We're going to finish Ibis Classie Series (in June>, Us amaz- îng she's going to end ber career exacîly the saine way she was five years ago." How Sanabelle Island was allowed to go off at the bigbesî odds of ber magnificent career is a mystery in bindsigbt, but Warrington said ber last race aI Dover Downs in the first leg of the Classie Series was an aberration. "She was boxed in the whole race and il didn'î show in the program,» he said of the eigbth-place finish. "She neyer got loose until the streteh. and by then she was out of it.' linhelievable triactor For the record. Sanabelle Island retumned $9670 to win and combined with Bunny Lake for a $43240 exactor. Cinder Best, at 111 -1 odds, rounded out a wbopping $25,597.40 triactor. The tote board retumned to some semblance of nor- malcy in the second division of the Classie Oaks. Defending series champion Casual Breeze roared away froin the field en route 10 a four-Iength decision over Emina Hanover and Bewitching Karen in 1:55.4. Co-owner, trainer and driver Tom Durand had the five-year-old Balanced Image mare in top forin for ber second stant back to the races after a four-montb hia- tus. Durand shares ownership on the 22-time winner with bis father Ron and brother Jonathan. The evening finale was the $130.900 Paeing Classie for 10 of the sport's best older mares. Gallo Blue Chip v.as sent off as the 2-1 eboice from post-posîîion nine. However. the gallani gelding was pressured tbroogh torturous fractions of :26.4, :54.3 and 1: 22.4 and faded as Life Sign ralîjeil from ninth to first witb a splendid display of speed through the final eighth of a mile. Rîck Zeron guided the Joe Holloway-trained fOve- year-old Life Sign gelding to a 9-1 upset in 1:50.3. Paradise Lover Boy, who stung Gallo Bloc Chip early. was second with Cainotion elosing strong for third. The Classie Series continues with its third leg on lune 1 at the Meadowlands. Also lîghtîng the lamp wcre Decaîire, Goertz, Le Fritsenburg and Zach Somer. The 1-3 Mavericks - who've lost two gaines by just a single deposit - retum 10, John Tonelli Sports Centre Thursday 10 take on the Owen Soundl Flying Dutchinen. Gaine tiune is 8:30 p.m. Milton will then close out the week in Akwesasne Saturday night. Steve LeBlanc at (905) 878- 4943, or drop them off at 191 Main St. ow~ aeak lAI W'o,~ ~ * ~ ~mooaI * i~?oefi~r*bmaf8fecb<o&8i& * ~f'«*ceg4ir,. li6kmà4 9i'.arnooaI * t/?e~yI~me c~ Z~edwie~ * 6o~yVde,~tùd ~?ogdtation~ * ../'Ika' &: Uamen/ 1~ Sherratt P.A.L.S. > B1oomin' Barbecue ~Saturday, May 12. 9,ý 8:OOam - 1:OOpm é\ G aré ale,ÇI e *Rnrhoganoàd J Plenty of major surprises at Classic Series stop at Mohawk *edo Tables Biwge and Plant Sale Peamneal on a *Shoebox Raffle *Major Raffle *Kids' Activities & Starwalk Rouncer 0, MSlamSherrtt School 649 Laurier Avenue j, Alproceeds in ,---~ support of lr, t'lu utlulailLui WILII Unuel [wo allu ,uoitu iwo ano an is oui 1 M.A