A four-score for Emma-Jayne It was a four-win weekend for Eclipse Award winning rider Emma-Jayne Wilson, who struck with a pair of victories on Saturday and Sunday at Woodbine. The multiple graded stakes winning pilot got on the board with the Mark Casse-conditioned Lake Louise in Saturday’s fifth before returning to the winner’s circle in race nine aboard Catherine Day Phillips’ trainee Wyoming Bill. Wilson rounded out her wow-worthy weekend with two more tallies, including one courtesy of Rachel Halden charge Niigon’s Law, on Sunday. Lake Louise. Michael Burns Photography Notoriously good Mark Dodson homebred Notorious Gangster showed no signs of rust in his first start since the 166th King’s Plate. Squaring off against Plate winners Mansetti and Paramount Prince, the 4-year-old son of Classic Empire–Sister Nova confidently captured the penultimate contest on Woodbine’s 11-race Saturday program, reaching the wire 3 ¼-lengths clear with Rafael Hernandez in the irons. Trained by multiple graded stakes winning conditioner Josie Carroll (who won five races over the weekend), Notorious Gangster is a two-time stakes victor, having taken the 2024 Coronation Futurity and 2025 Queenston. At 9-2, he paid $11.80. Notorious Gangster. Michael Burns Photography Thrill Bill It was an ideal ending to Sunday’s third for trainer Bill Tharrenos, who sent out the top two finishers in winner Lazio and runner-up Endrick. For Lazio, who beat his stablemate to the wire by a neck, the triumph was his second from five starts this season and fourth across 16 appearances overall (4-4-3; $130,079). The 4-year-old son of Bucchero–Mighty Mini was bred in Florida by Larry Adkins and is owned by Scrappy Stables. Sent off as the 6-5 choice with Emma-Jayne Wilson aboard, Lazio paid $4.60. Lazio. Michael Burns Photography Share This:Share
