{"id":5462,"date":"2023-08-21T10:33:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T14:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/2023\/08\/21\/weekend-notables-quotables-august-20-21\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T13:04:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T17:04:59","slug":"weekend-notables-quotables-august-19-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/2023\/08\/21\/weekend-notables-quotables-august-19-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Notables & Quotables (August 19-20)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breathing Fire<\/h3>\n

Grey Dragon made a great first impression when the 2-year-old daughter of Frac Daddy won Sunday\u2019s third race, a 5 \u00bd-furlong event on the Tapeta. The grey is bred Goldmart Farms, who co-owns with Royal Laser Inc. Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Robert Tiller is the trainer.<\/p>\n

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Grey Dragon and jockey Daisuke Fukumoto winning Race 3 on August 20, 2023 at Woodbine (Michael Burns Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sweet treat<\/h3>\n

Canadiansweetheart, at 36-1, pulled off the upset in Saturday\u2019s Sweet Briar Too Stakes. It was the eighth career triumph and first stakes crown for the 3-year-old daughter of Ransom the Moon. Renico Lafond trains for owner Kris Manohar. Leo Salles mapped out the winning trip.<\/p>\n

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Canadiansweetheart and jockey Leo Salles winning the Sweet Briar Too Stakes. on August 19, 2023 at Woodbine (Michael Burns Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fit for a King<\/h3>\n

War Bomber (IRE), under Rico Walcott, fended off a stubborn foe in Treason to take Saturday\u2019s $200,000 (G2T) King Edward Stakes. Owned by Bruno Schickedanz, the son of War Front-Sun Shower (IRE) now has seven career victories from 19 starts. The 5-year-old was bred by Coolmore.<\/p>\n

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War Bomber (IRE) and jockey Rico Walcott winning the King Edward Stakes on August 19, 2023 (Michael Burns Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Railbird<\/h3>\n

Airosa, with Rafael Hernandez in the irons, found daylight along the rail, and rocketed home for an impressive win in the $125,000 Catch A Glimpse Stakes on Sunday. The dark bay daughter of Uncle Mo-Mrs. Hudson is now 2-0-0 from three starts for trainer Kevin Attard and owners X-Men racing 3, StarLadies Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, and SF Racing LLC.<\/p>\n

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Airosa and jockey Rafael Hernandez winning the Catch a Glimpse Stakes on August 20, 2023 at Woodbine (Michael Burns Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Worth repeating<\/h3>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, you\u2019ve got to let the horses talk and don\u2019t get too cocky. I had a clean break, I let him do what he likes to do best, and he just enjoyed the running. I asked him to get over on his right lead and he was just gone.\u201d \u2013 Jockey Patrick Husbands, who guided Paramount Prince to victory in the 164th<\/sup> running of The King\u2019s Plate.<\/p>\n

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Patrick Husbands in the winner’s circle for The 164th King’s Plate on August 20, 2023 (Michael Burns Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Worth watching<\/h3>\n

Check out Patches O\u2019Houlihan winning his fifth consecutive race after taking the Bold Venture (G3) on Sunday.<\/p>\n