Abracadabra!
Magical Trick, trained by Steve Attard for Sheldon Pettle and Gilbert Sharpe, pulled off a 10-1 upset in Saturday’s sixth race. Ridden by Luis Contreras, the 2-year-old daughter of Danish Dynaformer rallied impressively to win the 5 ½-furlong Tapeta sprint by a half-length. The bay filly was bred in Florida by Charles Fipke.
Call me Mr
Mr Crowley, a 4-year-old dark bay son of Giant Gizmo, recorded his second straight score and sixth victory of his career, after taking Saturday’s second race, a 1 1/16-mile trek over the Tapeta. Sent off as the 3-5 choice, the Ontario-bred, trained by Martin Drexler, returned $3.40 for the win.
As good as red and gold
Last Dawn, bred and owned by iconic Canadian racing outfit Sam-Son Farm, won his third race of the campaign. Trained by Gail Cox and ridden by Kazushi Kimura, the 4-year-old son of Violence-Coastal Dawn took the lead in upper stretch and coasted to a 4 ¼-length win in the 1 1/16-mile main track affair.
Grey power
Greystone, trained by Sylvain Pion for Run Your Race Stables, broke his maiden in Sunday’s third race. With Ryan Munger in the irons, the 3-year-old son of Will Take Charge-Like a Gem returned $11.60 for the victory. The roan gelding was bred by Garland Williamson.
A double for Don
Trainer Don MacRae won back-to-back races on Sunday. Light the Lamp scored in the eighth race and Frankie’s Girl netted the victory in the ninth, the $55,000 Crimson Handicap. The MacRae daily double returned $98.60 for $2. The multiple graded stakes winning conditioner is closing in on 600 career wins.
Worth hearing
“I was worried, he has shown a lot of speed in the past. I didn’t want to go too quick, but he was able to relax and was very professional throughout the whole race.”
– jockey Eswan Flores, who guided Babbo to a wire-to-wire score in Saturday’s $250,000 Coronation Futurity Stakes.
Worth watching
Inudation and War Painter put on quite the show in Saturday’s $250,000 Princess Elizabeth Stakes, providing trainer Kevin Attard with a thrilling one-two finish in the 1 1/16-mile Tapeta event.
Worth knowing
Stakes action continues Saturday with a pair of co-features, the Clarendon and the Shady Well. On Sunday, the Valedictory (G3), a 1 ½-mile tilt over the Tapeta for 3-year-olds and up, takes centre stage.
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