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A pair of Grade 2 turf stakes, the $200,000 Highlander and $175,000 Nassau, share the highlight with a trio of different graded stakes as a part of the Canada Day racing pageant on Saturday at Woodbine.
The E.P. Taylor Turf Course will host to a pair of star-stacked fields on this 12 months’s editions of the six-furlong Highlander, for 4-year-olds and up, and one-mile Nassau, for fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up. Each races drew native and U.S. curiosity.
One Timer, a 4-year-old son of Trappe Shot-Spanish Star, isn’t any stranger to Woodbine, having gained the main-track Victoria Stakes in 2021.
Skilled by Larry Rivelli for Richard Ravin and Patricia’s Hope, the bay returns to the Toronto oval for the Highlander as a graded stakes winner after taking the Franklin-Simpson (G2) final September at Kentucky Downs.
One Timer returned to motion June 1 and notched a 4 1/4-length overcome 5 furlongs on the Belterra Park turf.
“That effort at Kentucky Downs was extraordinarily spectacular,” Rivelli stated. “We gave him a while off after that race and received him going once more in that race in Ohio. However he’s prepared now. That is the spot. He’s doing rather well and we’re wanting ahead to coming as much as Woodbine. E.T. (Baird, jockey) says he has an amazing cruising pace. As soon as he will get to the entrance, he desires to remain there.”
Bred in Kentucky by St. Simon Place, One Timer has a profession document of 9: 6-1-0 with US$589,113 in lifetime earnings.
Saturday’s race will mark the primary time the well-travelled gelding may have competed twice on the similar racetrack. ? ?
“I hope he handles it (E.P. Taylor) nearly as good as he’s dealt with all the opposite turf programs he’s been on,” stated Rivelli. “He’s the kind of horse that’s able to being able to go wherever he occurs to be racing. A type of horses who simply is aware of what to do and the best way to do it effectively.”
Different starters embody a number of graded stakes-placed Masseto, graded stakes-placed Oceanic, and a number of graded-stakes winner Silent Poet.
Submit | Silks | Horse / Sire | Ranking | Coach / Jockey | Final Begin / Subsequent Begin | HRN |
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1 |
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Cadamosto No Nay Never |
4.34 | Entered | ||
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2 |
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Outlaw Kid Violence |
0.00 | Entered | ||
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3 |
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Old Chestnut Speightstown |
5.59 | Entered | ||
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4 |
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Masseto Territories |
0.00 | Entered | ||
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5 |
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Lucky Score Lookin At Lucky |
4.45 | Entered | ||
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6 |
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Oceanic Constitution |
0.00 | Entered | ||
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7 |
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Souper Dormy Into Mischief |
5.12 | Entered | ||
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8 |
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Striker War Front |
0.00 | Entered | ||
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9 |
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Silent Poet Silent Name |
6.26 | Entered | ||
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10 |
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One Timer Trappe Shot |
5.16 | Entered | ||
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Moira returns in Nassau
Moira, Canada’s reigning horse of the 12 months, will make the second begin of her 4-year-old marketing campaign within the Nassau.
Skilled by Kevin Attard for homeowners X-Males Racing, Madaket Stables and SF Racing, the daughter of Ghostzapper, who additionally earned champion 3-year-old filly on the Sovereign Awards ceremony earlier this 12 months, completed second within the Belle Mahone (G3), a neck behind Tremendous Hoity Toity within the 1 1/16-mile main-track race.
This might be Moira’s third strive on the grass. She completed second however was demoted to eighth in final 12 months’s E.P. Taylor Stakes (G1) and was fifth within the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Keeneland on Nov. 5.
“She’s run two robust races on the turf,” stated Attard, who gained the 2017 version of the Nassau with a number of Sovereign winner Starship Jubilee, Canada’s horse of the 12 months in 2019. “Sadly, the E.P. Taylor resulted in a disqualification, however that doesn’t take away from the grit she confirmed and that potential to dig deep when the true operating begins.
“She had a troublesome journey within the Breeders’ Cup, however she confirmed that aggressive struggle once more. If issues had labored out in another way, who is aware of what the end result might have been? She’s had some unhealthy racing luck her previous three begins, so hopefully she’s due for some higher luck this time round.”
Bred in Ontario by Adena Springs, Moira gained the 2021 Princess Elizabeth Stakes in her debut and adopted it up with a second within the Mazarine (G3) to finish her 2-year-old marketing campaign.
In 2022, she captured the Fury Stakes and Woodbine Oaks earlier than a seven-length stunner within the $1 million Plate, through which she set Woodbine’s 1 1/4-mile synthetic-track document.
Moira comes into the Nassau with am 8: 4-2-0 mark and US$995,491 in profession earnings.
“It might be nice to see her get the win on Canada Day at her house observe on probably the greatest turf programs on this planet,” stated Attard. “There’s all the time an enormous sense of pleasure at our barn when you may tackle top-level competitors and win one for the house crew.”
Submit | Silks | Horse / Sire | Ranking | Coach / Jockey | Final Begin / Subsequent Begin | HRN |
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1 |
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Sister Lou Ann Frosted |
4.59 | Entered | ||
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2 |
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Millie Girl Hard Spun |
0.00 | Entered | ||
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3 |
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Scotish Star Key Deputy |
4.45 | Entered | ||
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4 |
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Moira Ghostzapper |
5.92 | Entered | ||
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5 |
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Devil’s Bit Daredevil |
0.00 | Entered | ||
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6 |
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Purrfect Medaglia d’Oro |
0.00 | Entered | ||
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7 |
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Sweet Enough Lope de Vega |
0.00 | Entered | ||
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8 |
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Fev Rover Gutaifan |
6.34 | Entered | ||
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9 |
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Eminent Victor Mr. Z |
5.59 | Entered | ||
Final Race |
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