Dangerous Wave, patiently handled by Dean Butler, ran past Giving Tree and Sonadora in the Canterbury Park homestretch to win the $100,000 Northern Lights Debutante for Minnesota-bred 2-year-old fillies. Bernell Rhone trains Dangerous Wave for her breeders, Rake Farms. Dangerous Wave is by Graydar and out of the Mt. Livermore mare Gentle Wave, and she has put together a nice three-race campaign this summer at Canterbury.

Second in her career debut she won a statebred-restricted maiden race in her second start and allowed Butler to ease her off the pace Sunday and wait to attack the speed. Dangerous Wave, the favorite, ran six furlongs on a fast track in 1:11.64 and paid $5.20 to win. Giving Tree set the pace and held second over Sonadora.