Oh Well was on the outside for a long time but took the lead on the rim nearing three-quarters and then pulled away to take the third edition of the $1 million Mohawk Million for 2-year-old open trotters on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Starting from the pole position, Oh Well got away in fourth for driver Tim Tetrick and was brought off the cones past the 27 3/5 opening quarter to track a two-wide Oh Look Magic (Matt Bax), who was being left out by leader DWs Point Man (Louis-Philippe Roy). DWs Point Man and Oh Look Magic continued to duel through the backstretch, but Oh Look Magic finally got by DWs Point Man and got down to the pylons past the 56 1/5 half, leaving Oh Well to take up the chase while uncovered. Oh Look Magic and Oh Well would wage battle to around the final bend, but Oh Well had a slim advantage heading to the 1:24 4/5 three-quarters and then widened his lead in the upper part of the stretch, aided by a break from second choice Winners Bet (Dexter Dunn). There was no catching Oh Well from there, as he hit the wire 2 1/2 lengths ahead of a late-gaining Silly Me Hanover (Bob McClure), who rallied from ninth at the half to second at the wire. Proud To Be Lindy (Chris Christoforou) got up for third, followed by Hasty Bid (James MacDonald) and What An Angel (Mark MacDonald). "For me, I just had to be careful from the rail. You just don't want to get pinned and then not get out," said Tetrick. "It was a big move having to be out there the whole way like I was, but the colt is big and strong and the ones that were following him had to be out there too. I thought my colt could do it, and he proved me right. "He doesn't wear headpoles and he's great-gaited. It's mainly just keeping him focused. He'll look at butterflies if you let him, but he's got a big engine. He never gets tired, and he's a really nice colt." Marcus Melander trains Oh Well, a Muscle Hill-Fine Tuned Lady colt bred by Concord Stud Farm and purchased for $530,000 at the 2021 Standardbred Horse Sale, for owner S R F Stable. He has four wins and two seconds from six career starts, and he has now earned $858,130. He paid $3.40 to win as the 3-5 choice. "He did everything right from the start. He was a beautiful colt," offered Melander. "Obviously he cost a lot of money, but just because you buy a high-priced yearling doesn't mean that they're going to be good. We've bought a lot of expensive horses that turn out to be pretty bad. He covers a lot of ground, and he's just a great horse. "After we won the New Jersey Classic, I spoke to Steve [Stewart of slot owner Hunterton Farms] the day after. They had a spot, and I talked to the owner, Lennart. He needed a couple of hours to think about the decision, and he said let's go for it after a while. I'm glad he did." ► Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter Steve Stewart and his Hunterton Farm bred the first two Mohawk Million winners (Venerate and Venerable) and was the slot owner for Oh Well's spot in the race, giving the Kentucky operation a unique hat trick. "It was more of an opportunity for us to give back to the race. Nights like this is what people go to the yearling sales to buy and dream of having," Stewart stated. "A lot of times breeders don't get the shout outs, but we should shout out to Concord Stud Farm and the Meirs that bred this horse. I wanted to make sure that they get the credit that they deserve also. "I told my partners, 'if we do good, we're putting all the money back in next February,' so get ready."