Jim and Susan Hill’s Grand Arch closed with authority to capture Sunday’s $202,000 Grade 2 King Edward Stakes, at Woodbine.
Grand Arch, a five-year-old bay son of Arch-Bacinella, arrived at the one-mile turf stake off a narrow half-length defeat when third in a Churchill Downs turf allowance on May 9.
Trained by Brian Lynch and patiently handled by David Moran in the King Edward, Grand Arch settled off the early pace of Excaper and Are You Kidding Me before making a powerful stretch run to notch a half-length win.