The third round of the lucrative Ontario Sire Heritage Series for 3-year-olds by Ontario stallions highlights the Friday afternoon racing card at Woodbine. Race 5 is the Thunder Bay Stakes worth $100,000 for the fillies at 7 furlongs on turf and race 7 is the $100,000 Lake Superior Stakes for colts and geldings.
The Heritage Series has four races for both fillies and the boys and in addition to offering attractive purse money, the series also awards the top three point-getters from the series based on a 10-7-5-3-2-1 point system.
PLEASURE’S GOLD is the current point leader on the fillies’ side with 17 points from a win and a second-place finish. Pleasure’s Gold (Souper Speedy) won the Rondeau Bay Stakes at Fort Erie at 6 furlongs on the dirt for owners and breeders Elizabeth and Gordon Lickrish. Trained by Tino Attard, Pleasure’s Gold was second in the Georgian Bay Stakes at 5 furlongs on the turf to start the series.