The Kevin Attard trainee gamely wore down Happy Destination in the final yards to win the $100,000 sprint for three-year-old fillies.
Alywow Stakes
Invaders dominate turf stake while Catherine Day Phillips wins a pair and James Begg unleashes a debut winner.
The $100,000 Alywow on Saturday at Woodbine has attracted a field of nine fillies; Mark Casse sends out Personify and War Signal.
The gritty stakes-winning sprinter Dancing Duchess won the Alywow overnight stakes at Woodbine on June 22 for Tracy Farmer.
Early Woodbine Oaks favourite INUDATION makes her season debut at Woodbine on Saturday for Al and Bill Ulwelling.
Champion Female Sprinter in Canada in 2020 is aiming for her second straight Ballade Stakes at Woodbine coming up Saturday.
Shippers ran 1-2 in the $100,000 stakes race at 6 1/2 furlongs on the turf, with Ontario-bred Breathing Fire landing third.
American invaders account for half the field which will speed 6 1/2 furlongs on the grass in race named for Horse of the Year
