Cash Money Twenty (Casey Leonard) was a narrow winner on Night of Champions over Dialogue (Kyle Wilfong). They both race Saturday in separate Cardinal stake divisions. (Four Footed Fotos)

By Mike Paradise for the IHHA

 The last of the year’s ICF stakes will be presented this weekend at Hawthorne with the Cardinals for 2-year-old colts and geldings in the spotlight on Saturday night and the freshman fillies taking over the limelight on Sunday evening with the Violets.

 Both Cardinals will be raced in divisions with the Cardinal Pace each having a prohibitive even-money favorite.

 The fourth race $59,697 grouping is headed by Dialogue (Kyle Wilfong) from the barn of Kim Roth. The Captain Terror gelding dropped a narrow head decision to division leader Cash Money Twenty on the Night of Champions with a gallant effort.

 Dialogue was parked out two turns and still came the last quarter in 26.3 of the 1:52 mile. The youngster has made 10 trips to the gate for owner and breeder Bart Seales of Mason, Illinois and has 4 wins, 3 seconds and 1 third with over $109,000 on his card.

 His chief rivals Saturday night appears to be the Erv Miller stable’s Fox Valley Pepper (Marcus Miller), a two-time season winner with $35,927 earned and Dandy’s Freedom, trained by Terry Leonard, who has been first or second in 5 of his 7 lifetime starts and over $38,000 in purse money.

 Western Trevor (Juan Franco), Bull Market (Watt Avenatti), Major Trip (Kyle Husted) and One Tuff Customer (Brandon Bates) complete the field.

 Cash Money Twenty will put his six-race winning streak on the line when he sprints out from the six-post in the second $51,097 Cardinal division with driver, and as of November 2nd part owner, Casey Leonard in the sulky.

 The Stevensville gelding came from almost eight lengths at the three-quarter pole in the Incredible Final championship to overtake Dialogue in the final strides, delivering a wicked 26.1 final panel, making him 1 for 1 for Casey and 10 out of 11 for Heart & Soul Stable of Des Moines, Iowa, with $186,430 earned.

 The Hart Walker stable’s Battlin Bob (Travis Seekman) who owns the only victory over Cash Money Twenty, starts to the left of the 2-year-old kingpin and opens at 9-2.

 Looking for a major upset are Hello Trevor (Marcus Miller), Fox Valley Boxer (Travis Seekman), Tonto Returns (Wyatt Avenatti), RKs Captain (Matt Avenatti), Jimmy D Shark (Juan Franco) and Fox Valley Stoli (Kyle Husted).

 The Cardinal trot will go as one eight-horse field with a $95,293 purse on the line. The fifth race pre-race favoritism shows the Erv Miller Stable’s Louise Legacy at 3-2, followed by his main rival Sunburnt Silverado (Casey Leonard) from the barn of Curt Grummel at 3-1. In head-to-head competition Louise’s Legacy leads 4 to 3.

 Louise’s Legacy’s landed the five slot and Sunburnt Silverado received the six. The first four posts belong to Frontier Macho (Todd Warren), Lou Beduino (Chris Brown), Ally’s Got Grit (Kyle Wilfong) and Mustang Danny (Kyle Husted). The 7 and 8 posts are manned by Shady Maple Becker (Wyatt Avenatti) and Call Me Maevey (Travis Seekman).