Lexie Lou turned the tables on Princess Elizabeth Stakes champ Paladin Bay with a powerful front-running performance to capture Sunday’s $125,000 South Ocean Stakes, at Woodbine.
Lexie Lou, owned and trained by John Ross, arrived at the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ stake off a length loss to Paladin Bay in the $250,000 Princess Elizabeth with a similar pacesetting trip.
However, in the South Ocean, the bay daughter of Sligo Bay had plenty left in the tank after setting splits of :24.61, :48.46 and 1:12.58 under Gary Boulanger to notch a three-length win in a final running time of 1:44.70.