A field of 11 was entered on Wednesday for the Sept. 14 $1 million WOODBINE MILE (G1) on the E P Taylor turf course at Woodbine.
Horse – Trainer – Owner – Jockey
1 El Tormenta – Gail Cox – Sam-Son Farm – Eurico Rosa Da Silva 20-1
**Ontario-bred won Grade 2 Connaught, many troubled trips since then 93, 95, 87
2 Lucullan – Kiaran P. McLaughlin – Godolphin LLC – Luis Saez 8-1
**Has won both starts off year layoff 98 98 99
3 Silent Poet – Nicholas Gonzalez – Stronach Stables – Gary Boulanger 15-1
– Ontario bred won Grade 2 Play the King on the pace – 100 – 95 -89
4 Synchrony – Michael Stidham – Pin Oak Stable – Flavien Prat 6-1
– Freshened since win in King Edward Grade 1 – 95, 101 94
5 Got Stormy – Mark E. Casse – Gary Barber and Southern Equine Stable LLC – Tyler Gaffalione 8-5
**Grade 1 winner has monster credentials 108, 100 100
6 Awesometank (GB) – William J. Haggas – Lee Yuk Lun – John Egan 8-1
**Filly was second in Grade 1 Beverly D in first race in N.A. – 99
7 Raging Bull (FR) – Chad C. Brown – Peter M. Brant – Joel Rosario 3-1
– Chad Brown trainee is Grade 1 winner, 2nd to Got Stormy 103 102 97
8 American Guru – Michael J. Doyle – Stronach Stables – Rafael Hernandez 30-1
**Won an allowance race on the lead Aug. 11; this will be his first stakes attempt 84, 84, 98
9 Made You Look Chad Brown Three Chimneys Farm Luis Contreras 12-1
**Supplemented for $20,000 and a last minute entry; garded SW was 5th in the Fourstardave behind Got Stormy
10 Emmaus (IRE) – Conor Murphy – M and J Thoroughbreds LLC and Riverside Bloodstock LLC – Channing Hill 20-1
**Irish-bred was 2nd in Connaught Cup by a head, 4th in King Edward 91, 97, 96
11 Admiralty Pier – Barbara J. Minshall – Hoolie Racing Stable LLC and Bruce Lunsford – Patrick Husbands
**Champion 2-year-old in Canada makes 3rd start off long layoff 93, 92, 98 30-1
The Grade 1 winning filly GOT STORMY, owned by Gary Barber and trained by Mark Casse will be heavily favoured based on her scintillating course-record win in the Fourstardave Stakes at Saratoga in her latest start. Of course Casse sent the fabulous filly Tepin to win the 2016 Mile.
Second favourite is RAGING BULL, who chased the filly in her Fourstardave victory and he is one of two in the field for one of the world’s top trainers, Chad Brown.
Brown also entered MADE YOU LOOK on Wed. morning and that horse’s owned, Three Chimneys Farm, put up $20,000 to supplement the son of More Than Ready.
The current forecast shows an 80% chance of rain both Thursday and Friday, with the latter day having up to 15 mm of rain.
Race day, Saturday, is expected to be 23 Celcius and partly sunny.
Post time for the first race Saturday is 1:05 and the WOODBINE MILE goes at about 5:42 p.m.
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