Unhynged Cadeau Finishes Second in the Fox Valley Flan Championship at Hawthorne!
STICKNEY, Ill. (November 15, 2025) — Unhynged Cadeau closed with the fastest last quarter in the field to finish second in the $110,000 Fox Valley Flan Championship, the Illinois Night of Champions final for 2-year-old filly trotters, at Hawthorne Racecourse.
Driver Wyatt Avenatti left from post 4 and had the Southwind Chrome filly third, 3¾ lengths behind Shady Maple Chick, at the first quarter (28.4). She settled sixth, four lengths off the pace, at the half (57.0), then was parked out in sixth, 3¾ lengths back, at the three-quarters (1:26.4). Turning for home she moved up to second, 1¼ lengths behind the leader, and came home in 28.0, the fastest last quarter in the race. It was not quite enough: Cadeau finished second, three-quarters of a length behind the winner, in 1:55.3.
Fox Valley Gimlet, the 1.00-1 favorite driven by Marcus Miller, was seventh at the first quarter and came from off the pace, parked out at the half and the three-quarters, to take the lead in the stretch. She won in 1:55.2, with a last quarter of 28.1. A $2 win bet on the winner returned $4.00. Cadeau, an 8.90-1 shot, returned $4.20 to place on a $2 bet. Shady Maple Chick was third, 3½ lengths behind the winner, followed by Pony Chrome, who led at the half and the three-quarters, and Lou’s Madison, in a field of 10.
Cadeau earned $24,750 of the $110,000 purse. She is owned, bred and trained by Ivar Hyngstrom, by Southwind Chrome out of Shadow Copy (by Cassis).
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