Maryland shipper Warming took the $200,000 Dance Smartly, while the $250,000 Nearctic went to Florida-bred Victory Achieved.
Dance Smartly Stakes
Power of Destiny (GB) and Western Whirl both take on six rivals in their respective Gr. 2 events, part of the Fall Turf Showcase card at Woodbine.
No Nay Hudson (IRE) earned his first graded badge with Nearctic score; Breath Away (GB) takes Dance Smartly.
The Grade 2 race gets the winner an invitation to the Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf Invitational Stakes at Gulfstream in January.
Strawbridge had one of his biggest days at Woodbine on Fall Turf Showcase Day, winning the Dance Smartly and Singspiel.
The final graded stakes weekend of the Woodbine 2024 season includes four stakes on Saturday and the prestigious Cup & Saucer Sunday.
The 2022 Queen's Plate winner Moira seeks a return to the winner's circle with the move to grass for the Grade 2 Dance Smartly.
Sunday at Woodbine featured multiple graded stakes, inquiries, invading winners and some longshot surprises.
The Ontario-bred/Ontario-sired gelding won the Grade 1 for Stronach Stables and trainer Nick Gonzalez on Plate day.
Woodbine packs the biggest races of 2020 into the next 4 1/2 weeks, beginning with this weekend's six stakes race smorgasbord.
Holy Helena stalked the pace after breaking from the inside post and finished strongly to take down Saturday’s Dance Smartly Stakes by 1 ¼ lengths.
