1st grade champion Last call back on the field for Alywow Stakes June 25 at Honeysucklea race that also attracted intern Brendan Walsh secret money .
Nine 3-year-olds, including Last Call, last year’s Natalma Stakes (G1T) upset winner, will be taking part in the Taylor Turf Course EP 6 1/2 Distance in CA$100,000 Alywow .
Coached by Kevin Attard for X-Men Racing 2 and SF Racing, the daughter of English Channel, a finalist for the Canadian 2-year-old women’s championship, finished as runner-up in the tournament. May 20 Ruling Angel Stakes on Woodbine main track.
Attard, who is close to 700 career wins, said: “It’s good that her 3-year-old season is underway with a second installment in Dominion Angels and now we’re getting her back on the field. grass. “She is doing a good job and we hope she can get the job done on Sunday.”
Bred in Kentucky by English Channel co-owners and Jodi Cantwell, The Last Call broke her maiden style with a lengthy win at Natalma after finishing second on her debut. She then finished sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), 5 1/2 distances behind the winner.
“We believed in her before she raced,” Attard said. “The way she works, her mindset as well as her ability to handle and adapt to all new things were clear from the start. She made a very good effort to be runner-up in the start. The second race, she was a bit stubborn, but she came back to win Natalma with impressive style.
“We removed the blinks for Natalma and it went as we expected. She came out 21-1, but she ran with the confidence of a favorite. She was a bit slow in the Breeders’ Cup, but she still played the game and ran a decent race.”
Secret Money will start outside the US for the first time for Fortune Farm owners (Richard Nicolai), Robert Hahn and Matthew Hand.
Daughter of Good Samaritan is winning two races, her most recent victory being in the 5 1/2 at Churchill Downs May 23. A month earlier, the bay slut had broken her maiden half its length at Keeneland at 5 1/2 feathers in the grass.
Walsh said: “I think the last one was very impressive because she was up against the winners and the older ones. “I think it was a big challenge for her and she overcame it brilliantly. She’s a tough, cute girl. She’s tough. She’s not too big but she is. She tries very hard. She has a lot of admirable qualities.”
She will now test her fourth different turf after multiple starts.
“She’s very adaptable, easy-going, so she shouldn’t bother with transportation up there. It’s a very good track in Woodbine. I’ve always enjoyed riding there. It’s a beautiful track. and very fair.”
Other beginners include interns Mark Casse Angels are not afraid , Rebel rebels , Ryder Ryder Ryder And star candy .
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HoneysuckleSunday, June 25, 2023, Race No. 7
- STK
- 6 1/2f
- pitch
- 100,000 USD
- 3 year old sister
- 16:28 (local)
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