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2007 Breeders Crown 2 and 3-Year-Old Races

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Southwind Serena wins the 2007 Breeders Crown 3-year-old Filly Trot
Southwind Serena wins the 2007 Breeders Crown 3-year-old Filly Trot

Southwind Serena wins the 2007 Breeders Crown 3-year-old Filly Trot

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In the $500,000 Three-Year-Old Filly Trot, two well-matched fillies at short odds lined up behind the gate, 7-5 Pampered Princess and 2-1 Falls For You, in a full field of ten. Pampered Princess led the field most of the way through fractions of :59 and 1:28 1/5, and looked homefree when she opened up a 1 1/2 length lead in mid stretch. However, 50-1 longshot Southwind Serena, who had stalked her in second the whole way, angled out to pass, moved up alongside her, and inched ahead in the final strides to pull off the huge upset by 1/2 a length in 1:55 2/5. It was another 3 lengths back to Falls For You in third.

Winning driver Yannick Gingras said, "We didn't have to use her too much early. As soon as I crossed over I knew Pampered Princess was behind me, John (Campbell) was moving her to the front so I was trying to take it easy on the fractions. I didn't think I was going to win it, but you know I was hoping to be second or third that way. With the fractions I knew it was going to be a sprint. At the top of the stretch I felt pretty confident. I was waiting for as long as I could. I was waiting for Pampered Princess to get tired a little bit because she was trotting really strong at the top of the stretch but half way down the stretch she was coming back to me a little bit so that's when I made the move."
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