It was a win-win for trainer Christophe Clement as Mutamakina (GB) and La Dragontea (GB) went one-two in another thrilling renewal of the Grade 1 $602,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Clement improved his record at Woodbine in 2021 to four wins from seven starts.
Despite a gutsy win in her last start, the Grade 2 Dance Smartly Stakes, Mutamakina, the five-year-old daughter of Nathaniel (Ire)-Joshua’s Princess (GB), by Danehill, was somewhat ignored on the toteboard as the 8-1 sixth choice.
At the end of the 1 ¼-mile turf classic, she was tops where it counted the most, albeit barely.
