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Pattison Canadian International notes for Friday, October 13, 2017

October 13, 2017

​FIELD FOR THE PATTISON CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL (10)
Post – Horse – Trainer – Jockey – Morning Line Odds
1. Oscar Nominated – Michael Maker – Julien Leparoux – 8-1
2. Flamboyant – Patrick Gallagher – Joel Rosario – 6-1
3. Enterprising – Michael Maker – Rafael Hernandez – 20-1
4. Idaho – Aidan O’Brien – Ryan Moore – 5-2
5. Johnny Bear – Ashlee Brnjas – Luis Contreras – 12-1
6. Postulation – Edward Graham – Jorge A. Vargas Jr. – 12-1
7. Bullards Alley – Tim Glyshaw – Eurico Rosa da Silva – 20-1
8. Messi – H. Graham Motion – Jose Ortiz – 8-1
9. Erupt – H. Graham Motion – Junior Alvarado – 7-2
10. Chemical Charge – Ralph Beckett – Oisin Murphy – 5-1

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL FAVOURITE IDAHO AND COMPANY ARRIVE AT WOODBINE

Idaho, the 5-2 morning line favourite for Sunday’s
Pattison Canadian International, checked into Woodbine Thursday evening
along with stablemate Rain Goddess, who is here for the E.P. Taylor
Stakes.

“We couldn’t be happier with Idaho,” said Kieran Murphy, a traveling
head lad for trainer Aidan O’Brien. “He traveled great, did everything
right.”

Murphy also was here last year with Idaho when the four-year-old colt
finished fifth in the Canadian International, beaten 2 1/2 lengths as
the 7-5 favourite.

“He’s stronger, and definitely more mentally mature,” said Murphy. “This
morning when we took him out he was very happy, and relaxed.”

Idaho is making his second trip across the pond this year after
finishing sixth as the favourite in the Grade 1 Sword Dancer, a 1 1/2
mile turf race at Saratoga on August 26. In his last start, the
Irish-bred set much of the pace before faltering to finish eighth,
beaten 7 1/4 lengths, in the Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

Also accompanying the O’Brien trainees were riders Ben Dalton, for Idaho, and Darren O’Dwyer, for Rain Goddess.

Ryan Moore will ride both horses on Sunday. Moore is three-for-six in
the Canadian International, including the 2013 renewal with Joshua Tree
for O’Brien. He won the E.P. Taylor with Curvy in 2015.

Rain Goddess, the only three-year-old in the E.P. Taylor lineup, is a
Group 3 winner whose record includes a second behind subsequent Prix de
l’Arc de Triomphe winner Enable in the Group 1 Irish Oaks at The Curragh
this summer.

“She’s doing well,” said Murphy. “Hopefully, she’ll give a good performance.”

Rain Goddess is the 9-2 third choice for the E.P. Taylor.

Thursday’s Canadian International arrivals, all vanning in from south of
the border, also included defending champion Erupt; his stablemate,
Messi; and the improving Postulation.

Erupt was trained last year by Francis-Henri Graffard but was left with
Graham Motion, the North American trainer for the Niarchos family’s
Flaxman Holdings Ltd., following his fifth-place finish in the Sword
Dancer.

The Canadian International will be his first start for his new
conditioner and Erupt is the 7-2 second choice on the morning line.

“All seems to be good,” said assistant trainer Alice Clapham, who
arrived mid-afternoon with Erupt, Messi, and the E.P. Taylor contender
Quidura on the six-hour trip from the trainer’s Fair Hill base.

Exercise rider Mary Motion, a niece of Motion’s, also is here to aid in Erupt’s preparation.

All three horses galloped over the Tapeta surface on Friday morning.

Messi is here for the second time this season after finishing an unlucky
third in the Grade 1 Northern Dancer over the course and distance on
September 16.

Quidura also was here that day, winning the Grade 2 Canadian Stakes over
1 1/8 miles on the turf. She is the 3-1 second choice on the E.P.
Taylor’s morning line.

Postulation, trained by Eddie Graham, arrived at approximately 9:30 p.m.
along with stable mascot Pepper, a miniature horse who is a regular
traveling companion for the Graham runners.


“He shipped up really well,” said assistant trainer Brianne Slater.

Groom Michael Marten also accompanied Postulation, who is coming off a
second-place finish behind fellow Canadian International contestant
Oscar Nominated in the Grade 3 Kentucky Turf Cup at Kentucky Downs.

Flamboyant checked in from California last Thursday and was reunited with his trainer, Paddy Gallagher, on Friday morning.

“He looked good on the track this morning,” said Gallagher, who watched
Flamboyant gallop a mile and a half on the Tapeta. “He seems good, seems
happy.”

Flamboyant, who is coming off a close third-place finish in the Grade 2
Del Mar Handicap at 1 3/8 miles on the grass, is the 6-1 fourth choice
on the Canadian International’s morning line.

Blond Me, who was among the four Europeans who arrived here very early
Tuesday, had a busy morning on Friday as she jogged briefly on the
Tapeta, warming up for a six-furlong turf gallop under traveling head
lass Leanne Masterton, and then schooled in the paddock.

“She traveled very well,” said Masterton, of the turf exercise.

Blond Me, a five-year-old trained by Andrew Balding, has a pair of Group
2 stakes wins to her credit this season and finished second behind the
then-streaking Winter in the Group 1 Nassau at Goodwood.

Her owner, Barbara Keller, has been on hand here the past couple of
mornings. Her previous E.P Taylor starter, Odeliz, finished second in
the 2014 running of the E.P. Taylor for trainer Karl Burke.

The other earlier European arrivals—Chemical Charge, Nezwaah, and Cotai Glory—also were out and about on Friday morning.

Chemical Charge and Nezwaah both galloped on the main track while Cotai
Glory put in a six-furlong gallop on the turf course for the second
straight morning.

Friday’s exercise was the second for Chemical Charge after he walked the first two mornings here.

Chemical Charge, conditioned by Ralph Beckett, will be seeking his third
straight win but first success above the Group 3 level in the Canadian
International and is the 5-1 third choice on the morning line.

Nezwaah, who defeated Rain Goddess to become a Group 1 winner in the Pretty Polly, is the 5-2 favourite for the E.P. Taylor.

Cotai Glory, Group 1 placed and two-time Group 3 winner,  is the 2-1
morning line favourite for the Grade 2 Nearctic, a six-furlong turf race
for three-year-olds and upward which also is part of Sunday’s smashing
undercard.

WOODBINE OFFERS INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR

Woodbine will feature special food and beverage offerings this weekend
at the Toronto racetrack with signature dishes from France, Ireland,
Germany, Britain, Canada and the United States available throughout the
second floor concessions. In addition, Colio Tasting will be available
in Favourites Dining Room & Corby’s and Labatt Tasting in Champions
Bar & Patio.

Latin musician Michel DeQuevedo and Irish singer/songwriter Micheal
Darcy will provide live entertainment throughout the afternoon on the
second floor in the grandstand.

GUARANTEED POOLS ON SUNDAY’S WAGERING MENU

Sunday’s Pattison Canadian International card will feature guaranteed
Pick 4 and Pick 5 pools on its wagering menu. The Late Pick 4 pool is
guaranteed at $250,000 and the Early Pick 4 at $150,000 while the Late
Pick 5 pool is guaranteed at $100,000 and the Early Pick 5 at $50,000.
There will be 20-cent bet minimums on all Triactor, Superfecta, Pick 3
and Pick 4 pools.

HANDICAPPING SOCIAL AND SEMINAR SET FOR SATURDAY

Join Woodbine’s handicapping host Jeff Bratt for a very special Pattison
Canadian International edition of Facebook Live from the Euro barn on
Saturday morning (October 14). Fans can submit questions to @WoodbineBratt and follow along beginning at 9 a.m. as Bratt is joined
by Michael Adolphson (@AdolphsonRacing) and Bailey Gallison
(@starting_gate) to preview the Canadian International.

After catching up with Bratt and company, horseplayers can join Daily
Racing Form Handicapper and Reporter Ron Gierkink and DRF Woodbine
Correspondent Alex Campbell for a Pattison International Preview
Handicapping Seminar on Saturday. The seminar will be held at the east
end of the second floor and will begin at 11 a.m.
 
PATTISON CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL AVAILABLE LIVE ON TSN AND DIRECTV

The 80th edition of the Pattison Canadian International will be
broadcast live in Canada on TSN5 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET with
hosts Brian Williams and Jim Bannon being joined by Laura Diakun and
Jason Portuondo.

In addition, U.S.-based racing fans can watch the broadcast in 4K on DirecTV channel 106.

The broadcast will include a feature honouring the late Penny Chenery
and highlighting why she decided to bring the great Secretariat to
Woodbine in 1973 for his final race.

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