Moira reigning Canadian Horse of the Year, will start the second of its 4-year campaign in the one-mile Nassau Stakes (G2T) at Honeysuckle July 1 as part of the Canada Day Racing Festival.
Trained by Kevin Attard for the owner of X-Men Racing, Madaket Stables and SF Racing, daughter of Ghostzapper who also won the 3-year-old champion at the Sovereign Awards earlier this year, runner-up in Belle Mahone Stakes (G3), slightly behind Souper Hoity Toity in a 1 1/16 mile main road race.
This will be Moira’s third attempt on the pitch. She finished second but fell to eighth in last year’s Taylor Stakes (G1T) EP and fifth in Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T) at Keeneland November 5
“She ran two strong races on grass,” said Attard, who won the 2017 Nassau edition with multiple Sovereign winners. Spaceship celebration 2019 Canadian Horse of the Year, “Unfortunately, EP Taylor resulted in disqualification, but that didn’t take away from the grit she showed and her ability to dig deep when the run really started. head.
“She had a rough ride in the Breeders’ Cup, but she showed that competitive fighting ability once again. If things had gone the other way, who knows what the outcome would have been? She’s had some bad luck in her previous three starts, so hopefully, she’ll have better luck this time around.”
Bred in Ontario by Adena Springs, Moira won a 2021 Princess Elizabeth Stake in her debut and was followed by a second place in a Mazarine Stake (G3) to complete the 2 year old campaign. mine.
In 2022, she won the Fury Stakes and Woodbine Oaks before a seven-part stun in the CA$1 million Queen’s Plate Stakes, in which she set a 1 1/4 combined track record. miles of Woodbine.
Moira arrives in Nassau 4-2-0 after eight starts and $995,491 in career earnings.
“It’s great to see her win Canada Day on her home turf on one of the best pitches in the world,” Attard said. “There is always a great deal of pride at our warehouse when you are able to enter the top level competition and claim a victory for the home team.”
Other starters include many graded stakes Brilliant victory classified stake winner Fev Rover place multiple graded bets Scottish star graded bets Girl Millie and graded bets Sweet enough .
Item: Nassau S. (G2T)
HoneysuckleSaturday, July 1, 2023, Race No. 10
- Class II
- 1m
- pitch
- $175,000
- 4 years and older Fillies and Mares
- 18:05 (local)
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