In just 20 days, DRESDEN ROW (Lord Nelson) has swiftly become one of the top three-year-olds in Canada. The white-faced chestnut, owned by True North Stable and Bloom Racing and trained by Lorne Richards, held off a fast-closing Bail Us Out to win the Grade 3 Ontario Derby on October 19, his second straight graded stakes win.
The $138,240 Ontario Derby at 1 1/8 miles lured Breeders’ Stakes winner Roscar, who was having to shorten up and switch to Tapeta for this race. The much-hyped Swift Delivery was coming off a second-place finish in the Toronto Cup for new co-owners Team Valor International and popular NFL star Travis Kelce.
Dresden Row was 10-to-1 when he came out of the Toronto Cup to beat older horses in the Grade 3 Durham Cup on Sept. 28, despite some antics and getting very sweaty before the race.