Gabe Grossberg’s homebred OLIVIA ROSE got back to her winning ways with a front-running score in the $125,000 Fury Stakes at Woodbine on June 8, a race that historically begins the trail to the Woodbine Oaks. The seven furlong sprint had a field of seven and Manfred and Penny Conrad’s Lunch With Bernie, like Olivia Rose trained by Mark Casse, was made the tepid 5-to-2 favourite.
Olivia Rose, an Ontario-bred three-year-old filly by Silent Name (Jpn) out of Malibu Sunrise by Malibu Moon, broke well under Rafael Hernandez and went to the front while Sounds Practical pressed her from the inside briefly. The 4-to-1 chance shook loose from that rival after fractions of 22.23 and 44.23 and had two lengths on Sounds Practical past the quarter pole.
Lunch With Bernie was chasing in third, albeit several lengths back, while the others were being outrun.
