Time of the Season shines in Adioo Volo
By John Sacco
For the Observer-Reporter
newsroom@observer-reporter.com
Clearly, Saturday afternoon at The Meadows was the right time and place for Time of the Season.
Time of the Season, by Bettor’s Wish and bred by Birnam Wood Farms, Boca Raton, FL, won the second division of the Mickey Burke Adioo Volo for 3-year-old filly pacers winning from first-up in 1:49.2 — a lifetime mark — with Dexter Dunn in the bike.
Asphalt was second and Always Ana Hanover took third.
“Obviously, we’re over the moon with her,” said trainer Tim Twaddle. “We had this race on the radar and kind of prepped her. We kept her fresh for it and it really paid. It came together great. After the race at Pocono on 21 June, I talked with (owner) Seth Rosenfeld and he pointed out she really didn’t have much until The Adios day card.
“It made sense we turn her out for a couple weeks or so and bring her back. We trained her and I thought it worked out well.”
Her effort in the $57,185 Adioo Volo cemented her fine season thus far. Time of the Season has won four of seven races with two seconds.
She is now five-for-14 in lifetime wins (.357 winning percentage) with four seconds.
The past few years, Twaddle’s best horses were Fourever Boy and Timeisonmyside.
They have represented well and now it’s Time of the Season, who went the final half Saturday in 54.1.
Her dam is Macharoundtheclock.
“That’s a special horse,” Twaddle said. “This win means a lot to Seth. To win a Grade 3 stakes race looks good on the resume. I’m happy to do well for him. He’s been a big help to me over my career.”
Time of the Season’s next race will be in a stakes race in Philadelphia, Twaddle said.
“She’s doing it,” Twaddle said. “She was immature last year. She showed a lot of talent and she really developed. She’s not a big filly but she’s robust. She holds her weight nicely and she’s got a fierce attitude on the track.
“She wants to compete and like Dexter said when he had to move early, first over, he said she wanted to go and she fought every step of the way. It looked like he was just kind of letting her sit out there until it was time to go. She turned it on and that was a big mile. It was impressive.”
Twaddle’s other training win came in the all ages $7,500 non-winners last four starts pace with 10-year-old Patrickthepiranha (Yannick Gingras) in 1:52.
Down the Stretch
Saturday’s eighth race was declared a no-contest after an incident nearing the half that resulted in Anthony Macdonald being thrown out of the bike behind Cruzin America. MacDonald got up under his own power and went to an ambulance to get checked. No horses fell. But two were loose on the track, including the outrider’s horse. Lou Grant, driven by Dave Palone, was in front and finished the race. Other drivers, not involved in the incident, uncharacteristically pulled up and stopped their horses. The scene was a little chaotic for a few minutes before order was restored.
The Meadows honored the memory of the late Hunter Myers, who passed away in March the result of an on-track accident, by renaming its winner’s circle “The Hunter Myers” winning circle.