Endless Light, with Emma-Jayne Wilson aboard, outbattled favoured Hillaby and Patrick Husbands the length of the stretch to win the $100,000 Sweet Briar Too Stakes, one of two features on the Canada Day holiday at Woodbine.

At the finish of the seven furlong tilt for fillies and mares, Endless Light, making her Polytrack debut for trainer Mark Frostad, proved a gutsy three-quarter length winner in 1:21.96. Hillaby, trained by Mark Casse, gave it her all down the lane in her seasonal debut but the challenge proved a little too difficult for last year’s Sovereign Award-winning female sprinter.

Second choice Unspurned went immediately to the front, getting the first quarter in :22.79, before being challenged by Endless Light in the middle and Hillaby, the 3-5 choice, on the outside. After the half was reached in a blistering :44.81, Unspurned faded and Endless Light took over, but was immediately collared by the favourite, setting the stage for the prolonged stretch duel. Midnight Ballet came on for third, six lengths further back.

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