The top race for Canadian bred two-year-old fillies will be run for the 79th time this Saturday, November 30, at Woodbine and a hefty purse of $250,000 and perhaps Sovereign Award consideration awaits the winner.
A big field of 12 has been entered and the 1 1/16 mile race on Tapeta is the eighth event on a big card that also includes the $250,000 Coronation Futurity, the top race for two-year-old males.
Two trainers who have done well in the race in recent years, KEVIN ATTARD and STUART SIMON, are well-represented. Attard has won two of the last three Princess Elizabeth Stakes events and Simon won back-to-back editions in 2018 and 2019.
They won’t have the starting favourite in the race ‒ that will be D.J. Stables’ SHIFTY, trained by Mark Casse, more on her in a moment ‒ but they have major contenders.
Attard has 11 stakes wins at the meeting and looks for more with BRENGUNGIRL, who won the South Ocean Stakes easily after a handy debut win. The Canuck Racing Club filly by Ontario sire Point of Entry adds Lasix for her first attempt at the route distance. Brengungirl was bred by Adena Springs, the breeder of one of Attard’s recent Princess Elizabeth winners, the mighty Moira. Rafael Hernandez stays as her rider.
Attard also has the exciting BEACH CRICKET for owner Derek Chin, a filly who was flying past fillies in her debut to land third in that sprint. She is an Omaha Beach filly bred by CEC Stables.
Simon sends out Anne and William Scott’s REGAL MOMENT, also by Point of Entry, and this gal won her debut and then was second to the colt Kekoa in a recent optional allowance race around two turns. Fraser Aebly rides and Bill Sorokolit Jr.’s JWS Stable bred Regal Moment.
CRYSTAL VISIONS is owned by Simon and Brent McLellan and she came off a short layoff to finish third in a six furlong sprint behind subsequent stakes winner Pop Idol in her most recent start. The Bee Jersey filly has Ryan Munger aboard and she was bred by Charles Fipke.
Right in the middle of the starting gate in post 7 is Shifty, by Medaglia D’Oro, bred by Anderson Farms and a $350,000 Fasig-Tipton October yearling purchase. Shifty, under leading rider Sahin Civaci, won the Catch a Glimpse Stakes on the grass in her second career start, was a wide sixth in the Miss Grillo Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct and then third in the Grey Stakes (G3) against colts after going too quickly on the pace.
Trainer Mike DePaulo has entered three maidens including the very good, quite unlucky READY FOR CANDY, a Zilli Racing Stable filly who was a super third in the Mazarine Stakes (G3) in her latest outing. The daughter of Twirling Candy has US rider Julien Leparoux named.
Post – Horse – Jockey – Trainer
1 – Scat Girl – Jose Campos – Michael De Paulo
2 – Princess of Storm – Sahin Civaci – Mark Casse
3 – Ella It Is – Sofia Vives – Mark Casse
4 – Regal Moment – Fraser Aebly – Stuart Simon
5 – Proud Mischief – Jason Hoyte – Lorne Richards
6 – Crystal Visions – Ryan Munger – Stuart Simon
7 – Shifty – Sahin Civaci – Mark Casse
8 – Brengungirl – Rafael Hernandez – Kevin Attard
9 – Orient Beach – Austin Adams – Michael De Paulo
10 – Beach Cricket – Rafael Hernandez – Kevin Attard
11 – Aristella – Patrick Husbands – Rachel Halden
12 – Ready For Candy – Julien Leparoux – Michael De Paulo
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