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Longest Shot In Field Eva The Diva Surprises In $86,900 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity
Eva The Diva (inside) battles Whisperalittleprayer (#5) and A Fabulous Painting (#4) to win the $86,900 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity Tuesday at Canterbury Park.

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Longest Shot In Field Eva The Diva Surprises In $86,900 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity

SHAKOPOEE, MN—AUGUST 11, 2020—Eva The Diva (30-1) shifted off the inside rail under jockey Julian Serrano to take the lead and hold well to defeat Whisperalittleprayer by a neck in the $86,900 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity Tuesday afternoon at Canterbury Park. A Fabulos Painting finished a head back in the blanket-finish to take third.

Conditioned by trainer Mark Barnes, Eva The Diva completed the 350 yards in :17.926 seconds, equaling a 90 speed index into an 18 mph headwind. It was the second win in five starts this season for the daughter of leading third-crop sire Coronado Cartel and the $39,105 winners' purse boosted her bankroll to $46,033.

"She likes horses down close to her where she can see them," Barnes said. "She’s a hard learner. She put together a good one tonight."

Racing for Lowell Husman, Becky Husman and Lynn Husman, the North Dakota homebred is from the Dean Miracle mare Homemade Miracle. She was a finalist in the Gopher State Futurity at Canterbury Park in June.

The winning connections of Eva The Diva accept the Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity stakes trophy Tuesday at Canterbury Park. © Coady Photography
Runner-up Whisperalittleprayer races for owner-breeder Brenda Reiswig and is conditioned by trainer Clinton Crawford. Katlin Bedford rode the daughter of multiple stakes sire Ivory James from the Valiant Hero mare Atsi Hero. The bay filly earned $14,773 to double her earnings mark to $31,147.

Jason Olmstead saddled A Fabulos Painting to his third-place effort for the partnership of the L Team, Tom Maher and Paul Luedemann. Members of the L Team include Canterbury Park track announcer Paul Allen and Minnesota Wild goaltender Alex Stalock. Nik Goodwin had the riding call on the son of leading first-crop sire One Fabulous Eagle from the Pyc Paint Your Wagon mare Painted Summer. Darling Farms is the breeder. He earned $8,690 for the effort.

Eva The Diva, under jockey Julian Serrano, gets her first career stakes win in the Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity Tuesday afternoon. © Coady Photography
Eva The Diva returned $62 to win, $29.80 to place and $11.40 to show. The 1-5 $2 Exacta paid $309.40.

Hes A Terror, Jess One Lane, McClusky Mugger, Roomer Haz It, Shes Tough Enough P and Sweet Carol Line completed the field. Class E Cartel was scratched.

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