Apex showed a lot of grit in winning Canada’s richest trotting race. Article content

The two-year-old colt got the better of 1-5 favourite Endurance to win the $1-million Mohawk Million at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday at odds of 5-2 in 1:51 4/5, the fastest mile ever raced in Canada by a two-year-old trotter. Article content Article content

Driven by Dexter Dunn, Apex sat in mid-pack early in the mile with Endurance finding his way to the lead in the backstretch. Dunn moved Apex to the outside at the half-mile pole and gradually moved up, putting his nose in front just past the eighth-pole and drawing to a one-length win.

“There was a lot of action going to the first turn, but he handled it like a true professional,” Dunn, who also won last year’s Mohawk Million with Maryland sa

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