Grade 2 winner of over $500,000 was coming off a layoff of more than a year and competing for $4,000 claiming at West Virginia track.
Mike Maker
Hembree, finishing strongly under jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., was up in time to score by a neck in Saturday’s Grade 2 Nearctic Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack.
The well-travelled Gianna’s Dream will get her first test on Canadian turf in Saturday’s $175,000 Grade 2 Nassau Stakes at Woodbine.
