Brookview Bolt (Kyle Wilfong) eyes his fourth consecutive Open Trot win Saturday at Hawthorne. (Four Footed Fotos)

By Mike Paradise for the IHHA

  All winning streaks eventually end but the question always remains: When? Is Sunday the night the recent dominance in Hawthorne’s filly and mare Open Pace or its top-level trot event comes to a close?

  The ease in which Fox Valley Leah has been racking up wins in the distaff Open and the way Brookview Bolt is dominating the local trotting division strongly suggests the betting public will send off both horses has prohibitive favorites once again.

 And why not?

 Assigned the outside seven slots for both horses doesn’t appear to be much of a deterrent for either one.

 Fox Valley Leah has rattled off four consecutive wins at Hawthorne and two starts ago drew off leaving from the seven slot when she showed she doesn’t need the lead or the two-hole to be successful. Driven by her trainer Todd Warren, who shares ownership with the now 5-year-old mare with Lester Peters (Beecher, IL) and Richard Tomei (Peotone), the Somestarsomehwere mare is very difficult to beat in Illinois, winning in her home state 83 per cent (15 for 18) of the time.

 Fox Valley Leah was allocated the outside seven post last week, but the winter weather played havoc with the roads and the field was reduced to just five mares for the Open.

 Looking to snap Fox Valley Leah’s winning streak tonight are. from the pole position out, Déjà vu Babyboo (Marcus Miller), Sleazy Mama (Brandon Bates), Genie Ina Bottle (Cordarius Stewart), Skeeter Machine (Mike Oosting), La Rockin Shania (Juan Franco), and Bombay Parkway (Casey Leonard).

 Brookview Bolt (Kyle Wilfong) has simply been much the best in Hawthorne’s Open trot since he arrived from Hoosier Park in early December for trainer Ronnie Roberts. The now 7-year-old gelding is 3-for-3 at Hawthorne and has had some convincing triumphs in the top overnight event.

 The Swan For All gelding’s last pair of successes have come leaving from the 6 and 8 slots, so tonight’s 7-hole shouldn’t be much of a hindrance. Owned by east coast connections, Brookview Bolt went over the $700,000 plateau in career earnings last weekend.

 Aspiring to end Brookview Bolt’s supremacy Sunday is Perlucky (Travis Seekman), Peekaboo Sal (Wyatt Avenatti), Loulita (Brandon Bates), Double A Goldrush (Casey Leonard), Jewels For Champ (Marcus Miller), and Rumbleinthevalley (Mike Oosting).

 Both Fox Valley Leah and Brookview Bolt will open as 2-1 favorites, however you can expect to go at much lower odds, likely below even money.

  Patience Pays Off: A patient driver from Casey Leonard provided the way for Lous Amazon to complete a sweep of the Jingle Bell trotting series Friday night.

 The heavy favorite from the barn of trainer Steve Searle shook loose down the stretch at the right time to post a half-length victory over the front-stepping Omaha Storm Chaser (Kyle Wilfong) in the $15,000 final.

 Lous Amazon ($3.60) raced much of the mile right behind Omaha Storm Chaser who cut fractions of 29.2, 59.3 and 1:29.1 in the 1:58.2 mile with Helpful Nonna (Marcus Miller) parked on the outside of the leader. The win was the fourth in a row for the son of Lou’s Legacy, owned by her breeder Flacco Family Farms of Alexia, Illinois.

 Open favorites look to continue dominance