Sam-Son Farm’s homebred Checkered Past will try to make the grade in Saturday’s $150,000 Grade 3 Ontario Matron Stakes, at Woodbine.

Trained by Malcolm Pierce, the chestnut daughter of Smart Strike-Catch the Flag arrives at the 1 1/16-miles route over the Woodbine main from a brave neck score in the Trillium Stakes under rider Eurico Rosa da Silva, on June 13.

Sent to post at odds of 9-1 in the Trillium, Checkered Past stalked the early speed of Unspurned in the 1 1/16-mile test and was checked by the leader in the late stages only to re-rally and collar Unspurned in the shadow of the wire, with Ontario Matron rival Uchenna an even fourth.

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