Three-year-old fillies and three-year-old males will compete in the opening weekend stakes races at Woodbine April 27 and 28 and both sprint dashes should be good ones.
With the exciting Ontario-bred C C ROYAL (Flatter) now at Woodbine with trainer Mark Casse for Lori and Davi Hughes’ Mens Grille Racing, the opening day Star Shoot Stakes for fillies might be a loaded dash. Multiple stakes winners MYSTIC LAKE, trained by Saffie Joseph and NICE AS PIE, both from the U.S., are nominated but also could await the longer Ruling Angel Stakes next month.
Nice As Pie is four-for-four this year for trainer Kelsey Danner who is still hoping to send horses to race at Woodbine although the stable is reportedly having trouble getting its barn staff to Ontario.