Arthur Blue Chip powered to the top from Post 8, and once he cleared it was game over. Chris Christoforou had him parked and driving at the quarter pole in :25.3 before finding the pylons and supplying middle fractions of :54.1 and 1:23. A :27.3 final frame was just enough for the OSS grad to win by three-quarters of a length over Ellis Park in 1:50.3. Duc Dorleans was a lapped-on third.
It was the second win of the season in five tries – and the eighth to date – for the former O’Brien Award winner. Dr. Ian Moore trains the career winner of $437,190 for the Shadow One Stable of Guelph, ON.
(Standardbred Canada)