Woodbine Notebook: June 27-28

A look at some of this weekend’s most interesting stats and storylines from Woodbine and Woodbine Mohawk Park, including quintet of Saturday graded stakes, a Sunday stakes sprint and a pacer who could hit a major money milestone after Saturday night’s seventh race.

A ‘Royal’ offering

Race Projection for the Royal North Stakes (Higher rating indicates projected winner)

9 Ozara (IRE) 101.5

8 Reagan’s Flame 98.3

6 Ribaltagaia 95.4

4 Shifty 94.3

5 Without Cause 93.4

1 Equitas 92.7

7 Pondering 92.7

(AE) 12 Quadruple (GB) 92.3

2 Fantastical 92

11 Uphill Dance 89.9

3 Bessie Abott (IRE) 89.2

10 Scat Girl 87.7

Inside track: “Both [her past two] wins were extremely impressive. If you had to pick one that stood out more – that’s a tough call – but maybe the most recent one, where she just did it so easily. She continued to open up, which was so nice to watch.” Assistant trainer Kathryn Sullivan on Shifty, one of three (Bessie Abott (IRE) and Without Cause are the other two) Mark Casse runners in the Royal North.

Canadian content

Race Projection for the Dominion Day Stakes (Higher rating indicates projected winner)

1 Paramount Prince 99.3

2 Runaway Again 97.3

4 Swift Delivery 96.3

3 Wyoming Bill 95.7

7 Notorious Gangster 93.9

Inside track: “He is very versatile. He’ll run on the synthetic. He also is very good on the turf, distance wise. He can be competitive at seven-eighths. He’s also won in a mile and an eighth… He has a lot of personality, and he’s run hard for us pretty much whenever he’s run.” – Trainer and co-owner Catherine Day Phillips on Wyoming Bill.

‘Beau’ is back

Beau Jangles, who finished third in the Pepsi North America Cup on June 13, can eclipse the $2 million mark in career earnings with a win in Saturday’s OSS Gold Leg for 3-year-old pacing colts & geldings.