Coach Kevin Attard will have four chances to win the CA$500,000 Woodbine Oaks prize for the third time in a row, one of four bets on the 11-race card on July 23 at Honeysuckle.
Inaugurated in 1956, the chubby classic, which drew 14 3-year-old Canadian ponies weighing 121 pounds over 1/8 mile on synthetic Tapeta surfaces, was the 10th race at 6 p.m. ET. Winning connections will receive $300,000 CA.
Sunday’s card also features a CA$150,000 Disc Trial Bet—an important step in preparation for King’s Plate on August 20—CA$175,000 Connaught Cup Stakes (G2T) and a CA$150,000 Bet (G3).
After winning the Oaks 2021 with the final champion being a 3-year-old Canadian Munnyfor Ro and the 2022 edition with winner Queen’s Plate (now King’s Plate) and reigning Horse of the Year of Canada Moira Attard will seek to duplicate that success with the quartet polite ro , Delphi , fashionable ,And Wickenheiser . They have a wide range of prices on the morning line from odds of 8-1 (Delphia) to 20-1 (Courtly Ro).
“Winning an Oaks is a huge achievement and something that all of us at the warehouse are really proud of. And to win two in a row is incredible,” Attard said. “This is the kind of race you dream of winning and hopefully that dream isn’t over yet. To get a horse in this kind of race takes a lot of effort. It takes a whole team effort and I’m lucky to be in such a great race.”
Delphi made an impressive first impression with her relationships thanks to her brilliant debut on June 15.
Daughter of manly man rallied to win the three-stage 1/16-mile Tapeta race for owners of X-Men Racing 2 and SF Racing
“Relationships and everyone at the warehouse were looking forward to Delphia’s first race and she certainly didn’t disappoint. It was a professional performance from start to finish,” Attard said. “Going two turns on the first start and doing it well is very impressive.”
Favored in the race with 5-2 odds is Live Oak Plantation’s Tape home page , the four-time Fury Stakes finalist winner for coach Mark Casse. Daughter of Medaglia d’Oro was 2-2-0 in eight starts overall.
“She’s been training really well,” Casse said. “She’s a very talented girl. What matters is whether she can run the distance or not. Her genealogy says she should, but no one knows a mile and an eighth until you do. I think all three of our horses are legitimate competitors.”
Casse also started Team Valor International and Gary Barber’s Fury runner-up Fields of Elysian and the finisher of DJ Stable’s Fury me and my shadow .
Invasion from the United States is by Peter Brant Large Brass Bed for coach Chad Brown. The chestnut daughter of Nyquist unranked at age 2, finished third above Gulfstream Park pitch on her debut in April, before breaking her maiden 1 1/16 mile above Monmouth Park May grass. She entered Oaks in fourth place at Belmont Park in the claimant of the 1 1/16 mile subsidy option in the yard on June 22.
In another bet action on cards—Live Oak Plantation’s Souper Hoity Toity preferred over the Kentucky delivery man Kate Kingdom in Trillum; Limits to the Void was the 8-5 morning pick in the Connaught Cup for owner and coach Wesley Ward; And Stanley House is the same price for trainer Michael DePaulo and owners John and Diana Russell to win the Disk Test.
Both the Plate Test and Woodbine Oaks could spur horses to start in next month’s King’s Plate.
Item: Woodbine Oaks performed by Budweiser
HoneysuckleSunday, July 23, 2023, Race 10
- STK
- 1 1/8m
- All weather tracker
- 500,000 USD
- 3 year old sister
- 18:00 (local)
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