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Pacers Clash In CBC Eliminations

Published: July 17, 2011 12:01 am ET

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Camille and Monkey On My Wheel made the most of their trip to Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday night as they captured a pair of $30,573 Canadian Breeders Championship eliminations for sophomore pacing fillies.

Camille and driver Jason Brewer brushed to the lead past the midway point and never looked back as the daughter of Camluck-Art Of Design stopped the timer in a new lifetime best of 1:50.1.

The favorite time later, the village of Janus (Scott Zeron) rushed to the front of the Post Office to carry out his eight rivals passed in September by opening it in a fast: 26.2. Epoxy Queen (Sylvain Filion) was a half length back in second place with Patsy Chance (Mike Saftic) placed third.

Heading over half of: 55.1, Camille moved from the fifth and reached the front. Village Janus was in the bag with Epoxy Queen third.

Epoxy Queen tilted off the third with Luck Patsy getting coverage as Camille has made its way for three quarters of 1:23.

Down the stretch, Village Janus then angled to the outside from the pocket, but leveled off in deep stretch. Camille scored a one and a half length victory over a hard-closing Patsys Luck with Village Janus in third.

The Rod Duford-trained Camille now has earnings of $184,094 for owner Larry Pollard of Harrow, Ont. She paid $14.20 to win.

In the second elimination, the odds-on favourite, Monkey On My Wheel scored her fourth career victory for trainer and co-owner Travis Umphrey.

In the early going, driver Jody Jamieson sent Monkey On My Wheel to the front from Post 2 to lead her six rivals past the opening station in :28. Shipps Xanadu (Randy Waples) was still on the outside in second with Montenegro (Mike Saftic) sitting third.

As the sophomore pacing fillies made their way to the half, Jamieson allowed Shipps Xanadu to take over command, but the lead would not last long as Jamieson sent Monkey On My Wheel back to the front past the half in :57.

The 8-5 second choice, Modern Connection (Mark MacDonald), angled to the outside, but could not reach the leader as Monkey On My Wheel used a :27.2 third-quarter to lead past three-quarters in 1:24.2.

Heading for home, Monkey On My Wheel faced no challengers as she was under a comfortable hand-drive to score the victory in a new lifetime best of 1:51.3. Look Cheap (Robert Shepherd) exploded in deep stretch to finish second with Modern Connection completing the triactor.

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