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Twin B Archie On Top In Super Final

Oct 16, 2021

Launching from the pocket at the bottom of the turn, Twin B Archie charged past 1-5 favourite Duly Resolved to take the $225,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings going away on Saturday (Oct. 16) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.


Driver James MacDonald motored Twin B Archie to the point by a :28.4 first quarter and pocketed early leader Mr Fritter. Duly Resolved then floated out of fourth into the backside and ranged towards the tempo-setter before clearing the top approaching a :57.4 half. He continued uncontested into the final turn as Kipper Whipr Snipr recouped ground first over, looming closer to the top at three-quarters in 1:26.3. 


Though with Kipper Whipr Snipr looming first over, Twin B Archie had a clear opening to pop out of the pocket coming to head stretch. With clear racetrack ahead, the Archangel gelding drew alongside Duly Resolved and promptly scurried clear to win by a widening margin in 1:55.3. Kipper Whipr Snipr closed to take third and Mr Fritter finished fourth.


“I thought if I was going to beat [Duly Resolved], his back would probably be the best way to do it because he’s such a good horse,” MacDonald said after the race. “I mean, everyone saw him just about win the Mohawk Million. He’s a great horse and my horse got the better of him tonight. Hopefully they’ll battle it out again next year.


“I was glad he got out early, not getting locked in,” trainer Scott McEneny said after the race. “He gets a little excited when he’s in a hole. And James can shut his wind off kind of easy, so I was glad he kind of got him out and got him going. He had a really good week – he was sick about a month ago, and he was really good at Flamboro two weeks ago. He was just as good tonight. He’s like a big kid with ADD, this guy.


You’ve got to keep on your toes. My daughter’s done a great job with this horse; she loves him, and she works hard on him. She deserves all the credit on this horse. 


“I remembered the first time I qualified him – Scott told me ‘I really think there’s a lot in there. I just haven’t been able to get any of it out of him training,’” MacDonald also said. “I think he even said he’ll be a better aged horse. It took him a couple of qualifiers. Just as the year got on, he got stronger and stronger and stronger. At Flamboro, you got a shot at the real horse – he showed up, he was able to cut it and he just blew them away [in a] track record. That’s just the kind of horse he is and I’m really proud of him.”


The victory marked three Super Final victories on the card for James MacDonald, who nabbed his first Super Final victory in 2020 when Dashing Muscle took the championship for two-year-old pacing colts and geldings. 


“I looked at the program, and you say ‘Geez, I’ve got a good lineup tonight,’” MacDonald said of his driving assignments. “You need the horses to show up, you need the trips to work out, sometimes they make breaks behind the gate, people make breaks in front of you. It takes a lot to have a night like this to go right. I’ve been really fortunate; everything’s gone right. Hopefully it’s not done and I can get another one. 


Co-owned by McEneny with Domenic Chiaravalle, Floyd Marshall and Martwest Racing Stable, Twin B Archie won his fourth race from 10 starts, pushing his earnings to $285,016. He paid $9.60 to win.

18 Sep, 2023
With a fresh driver in the seat, there was no stopping Twin B Tuffenuff in the St. Peters Volunteer Fire Department Pace on a rescheduled Monday (Sept. 18) evening card at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. The program was originally scheduled for Saturday evening but was rescheduled due to Hurricane Lee hitting the region on the weekend. The move in dates conflicted with travel schedules for Twin B Tuffenuff’s regular driver Gilles Barrieau, but with top Atlantic Canadian reinsman Corey MacPherson not originally scheduled to drive on the night as he was committed to stakes races in Cape Breton on Saturday, it left the Cornwall, P.E.I. driver available to pick up the majority of Barrieau’s mounts. One of those drives was in the $3,800 Preferred Pace with Twin B Tuffenuff and MacPherson took advance as he pointed the favourite to the lead and never looked back through splits of :28.1, :57, 1:25.2 and 1:52.2 by open lengths. Stash It Away (Ken Murphy) was in hot pursuit in second ahead of Century Invictus (Jason Hughes). Ron Matheson trains the winning pacer for owner Pat Morris of Charlottetown. The David Dowling barn was strong on the evening with two wins including in the $3,500 Fillies and Mares Preferred Pace with Tobins Brownie in 1:54.4. Middleton Terror was another Dowling winner as he stopped the clock in 1:56.3 in race three. Trainer-driver Hughes made a pair of trips to the winner’s circle from his Charlottetown barn. ‘The Blue Knight’ steered Tobins Barn Party to a 1:59.4 maiden-breaking score in race two then came back later in the card to win with Spicey P in 1:56.1. Ken Murphy had three winners on the night as he steered his father Clifford Murphy’s trainees The Mad Dragon (1:56.4) and Redwhiteandboots (1:57.3) to victory along with the Gary Poulton trained Zaidans Luck in a 1:57.2 mile. Live racing continues Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. at Red Shores Summerside featuring a leg of the Fox Group Island Trot Challenge.
11 Sep, 2023
Twin B Joe Fresh is harness racing’s newest MILLIONAIRE!! We couldn’t be more proud of this filly, who stormed home in a wicked 24.3 final quarter to win her KYSS Championship Series event for Chris Ryder, Dexter Dunn & connection, pushing her earnings to $1,019,439. Congratulations to everyone involved in this special filly.  Twin B Joe Fresh engaged in a vicious battle with nemesis Strong Poison for a 1:49.1 triumph in an $80,000 division of the Kentucky Championship Series for three-year-old pacing fillies on Sunday (Sept. 10) at The Red Mile, collecting her fifth consecutive win and becoming the sport’s newest millionaire. Hambletonian victor Tactical Approach rebounded off a second-place finish in his last appearance in the series for sophomore male trotters with a 1:51.2 victory. Defending Kentucky champion Twin B Joe Fresh (Dexter Dunn) engaged in another tremendous battle in the lane to defeat familiar foe Strong Poison (Yannick Gingras) by three-quarters of a length. The daughter of Roll With Joe-Fresh Breeze has not lost since a second-place finish to Dan Patch and O’Brien Award winner Sylvia Hanover in the $169,000 Mistletoe Shalee at The Meadowlands on July 15. Charleston (Tim Tetrick) assumed command as the mile commenced from post position three while Dunn and his filly settled in fourth from post position two. Strong Poison also allowed Charleston to lead the field of six through splits of :27.4, :56.2 and 1:24 before the battle was on. Charleston remained in front by a head in the drive for the wire, but Twin B Joe Fresh and Strong Poison were in hot pursuit. Despite throwing down a :25.2 final quarter fraction, Charleston could not hold off the sizzling :24.3 and :24.4 advances of Twin B Joe Fresh and Strong Poison, respectively. Twin B Joe Fresh reigned supreme, scoring the victory in 1:49.1. Strong Poison, after a courageous mile of her own, was relegated to second. Charleston paced a strong mile to be third. Bred by Brittany Farms, the filly is co-owned by Dunn, along with her trainer, Chris Ryder, in addition to Peter Trebotica and Barry Spak. Twin B Joe Fresh now sports a resume of 20-15-3-1 and has earned $1,019,439 in purse money. She is the first foal out of an unraced dam, Fresh Breeze, and was a $65,000 purchase as a yearling at the 2021 Standardbred Horse Sale. Twin B Joe Fresh paid $2.28 to win. Be sure to have her Bettors Delight brother, hip #155 Twin B Euchre, on your shopping list in Harrisburg this fall.
01 Sep, 2023
Twin B Sunkissed with back to back wins for Team Burke, also making it 3 wins in her last 4 starts!! Congrats to all involved!
19 Aug, 2023
Wilkes-Barre, PA — Twin B Joe Fresh picked up her third win in a row, capturing Saturday’s (Aug. 19) $250,000 James M. Lynch Memorial for 3-year-old female pacers by two lengths over Charleston in 1:49.4 at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Sweet Amira finished third in the race, which saw co-favorite Sylvia Hanover go off stride on the final turn as her 13-race victory streak came to an end. Twin B Joe Fresh, who shared 4-5 odds with Sylvia Hanover, and driver Dexter Dunn went to the front from post four and reached the opening quarter in :27.2. Sylvia Hanover, who was fourth, launched a first-over bid with five-eighths of a mile to go and pulled even with Twin B Joe Fresh as the pair raced down the backstretch following a half in :56.2. The battle continued into the final turn, but Sylvia Hanover’s miscue left Twin B Joe Fresh alone on the front. Shawn Steacy, who trains Sylvia Hanover with his father, Mark, said the horse touched a knee in the last turn, which he believes led to her making the break. Twin B Joe Fresh fended off Charleston from there for her fifth triumph in eight races this season. “We had a good draw and we wanted to use it,” Dunn said. “She’s such a versatile filly. You can get her out of the gate, and she will do whatever you want her to do. We did get a good breather (in the second quarter). She came back to me nicely. “Obviously, we had Sylvia bearing down our back down the backstretch. I guess it was a little lucky for us she made a break, but my filly was still traveling great at the time. She’s a powerful girl and she knows her job. It’s a great win for her and the team.” Twin B Joe Fresh is a daughter of Roll With Joe-Fresh Breeze owned by trainer Chris Ryder, Dunn, Peter Trebotica, and Barry Spak. The Brittany Farms-bred filly has won 13 of 18 career races and earned $911,748. “It’s always different when you own them, especially with Chris and Pete and the team,” Dunn said. “It’s very special.” The victory was Ryder’s third in the Lynch. He won in 2019 with Stonebridge Soul and in 2013 with I Luv The Nitelife. Twin B Joe Fresh paid $3.80 to win. Front Page Story won the $125,000 Lynch Consolation I in 1:50.2. High Fashion Star finished second and Racin Hungry was third. Front Page Story was driven by Tim Tetrick for trainer Mark Steacy and owner Hudson Standardbred Stable. The White Birch Farm-bred daughter of Captaintreacherous-Wenditions has won three of 11 races this year and three of 19 lifetime, banking $144,492. The winner of the $75,000 Lynch Consolation II was Mollop Hanover in 1:51.1. Lisa Lane was second and Treacherous Penny third. The Hanover Shoe Farms-bred daughter of Betting Line-Mayhem Seelster was driven by James MacDonald for trainer Anthony Beaton and owners West Wins Stable, Dumain Haven Farm, and Eric Good. Unraced at age 2, Mollop Hanover has won six of 10 starts and earned $74,850. WATCH FOR TWIN B JOE FRESH'S HALF BROTHER Twin B Euchre SELLING IN THE BLACK BOOK SALE THIS FALL.
08 Aug, 2023
Don’t miss out on her Bettors Delight brother selling in Harrisburg this fall!!
07 Aug, 2023
Charging hard at the end of the mile, Twin B Tuffenuff powered up to win the Monday (Aug. 7) evening Preferred Pace on a rescheduled program at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. In the $3,800 Preferred Pace, race favourite Bee Two Bee (Jason Hughes) rushed off the gate to secure the lead and held down front-end splits of :27, :55.1 and 1:23.1. Twin B Tuffenuff sat third for the majority of the mile and angled out up the backside to get around pocket-sitter YS Mathis (Corey MacPherson) then duck into the two-hole behind Bee Two Bee. Barrieau then powered up in the stretch drive to win in 1:51.2 at 10-1 odds in preparation for the upcoming trials of the $100,000 Gold Cup and Saucer, presented by Atlantic Lottery. Bee Two Bee was second while Roll Em (Marc Campbell) closed up to finish third. Ron Matheson trains Twin B Tuffenuff for owner Patrick Morris of Charlottetown. On the heels of hitting the 3,000 career-win mark in New Brunswick last week, Marc Campbell returned to his home track and scored a driving triple on the evening. Campbell clicked with Chikaboom (1:54.4) from his own barn as well as the Melissa Rennie-trained pair of Rose Run Quest (1:53.4) and Revenant (1:53.4). Trainer Earl Watts doubled out of Windemere Farms in Springvale, P.E.I., as Starship Glyde (David Dowling) won the opener in 1:56.4 then Fern Hill Hero scored a 22-1 upset in race three in line to Patrick Shepherd. Live harness racing continues Tuesday (Aug. 8) evening at Red Shores Summerside.
01 Aug, 2023
The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source. Twin B Empress (2yo Always B Miki - Twin B Exquisite filly) is coming home a winner in her first lifetime start, pacing to victory in 1:54 tonight at Mohawk. Huge congrats to Team Benn & all connections!!
28 Jul, 2023
Twin B Fling (2yo Six Pack - Affair Hall filly) gets her maiden breaking score in her 2nd lifetime start, winning in 1:58.2 at Mohawk last night! Big thanks to Francis Dumouchel & team for getting her here for us. You won’t want to miss her International Moni sister selling in Harrisburg this fall!!
24 Jul, 2023
Twin B Joe Fresh wins her NYSS division today in 1:50.1 at Tioga Downs! Congratulations to all connectionsThe body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.
23 Jul, 2023
Congratulations to Ron & Regina Coyne and all connections on their win with Twin B Allure (3yo Lazarus N - Ab Fab filly) tonight at Yonkers! Be sure to check our her Captain Crunch sister in Harrisburg this fall!
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