THOROUGHBLOG ON SITE ALL DAY TODAY AT WOODBINE
Post position draw for Canadian International, Taylor and Nearctic
later …Toronto Thor, Racing Club meets at 7:30 in Champions, we’ll discuss the big races! Special guests include ELISSA BLOWE, marketing manager at Fort Erie, and more!
PRETTY BOY – SIMMARD is fresh, must prove himself at 12 furlongs Saturday . Vanessa Ng photo
PROBABLE FIELDS
Al Khali/Brous Stable and Wachtel Stable/Bill Mott/Alan Garcia – GRADE 2 WINNER, DISTANCE A QUESTION
Chinchon/Darpat S.L. Stables/Carlos Laffon-Parias/Garrett Gomez – LIKES AMERICA, LAST RACE A PUZZLE
Cloudy’s Knight/S J Stables/Jonathan Sheppard/Rosemary Homeister – OLD TIMER
Fifty Proof/Kinghaven Farms, John Fielding and Ben Hutzel/Justin Stein THE UP AND COMER
Joshua Tree/Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor/Aidan
O’Brien/Colm O’Donoghue GOOD AT 2 LAST YEAR
Marsh Side/Robert Evans/Neil Drysdale/Edgar Prado WON THE RACE 2 YEARS AGO
Memorial Maniac/Butterfly Stable/Larry Demeritte/James Graham A FRINGER
Mores Wells/Denis O’Flynn/Richard Gibson/Sebastien Malliot SWEDEN WIN LOOKS GOOD, TRIES TO EMULATE COLLIER HILL
Redwood/Juddmonte Farms/Barry Hills/Michael Hills WON NORTHERN DANCER, BIG SHOT AGAIN
Simmard/Haras Santa Maria de Araras/Roger Attfield/Javier Castellano DISTANCE A QUESTION, HE’S FRESH
Spice Route/Harlequin Ranches, Ralph Johnson and Roger Attfield/Roger
Attfield/Mike Smith SITTING ON A WIN? NEEDS FIRM
E.P. TAYLOR
E.P. TAYLOR POSSIBILITIES
AKARLINA – Group 3 winner in 5 races
CONTREDANSE – Group 2 winner
GALLIC STAR unplaced, listed winner
LAHALEEB – last year’s winner but 5-0-0-0 this year
MEKONG MELODY – Flaming Page winner
MISS KELLER Canadian S. winner
PACHATTACK – listed winner
REGGANE 2 wins
SHALANAYA – Group 1 winner last year
SILVER GREY – 1 win
NEARCTIC
SNEAKINGUP ONYOU Turf Dash at Tampa
BALTHAZAR’S GIFT – 6yo Group 2 winner
BOGUE CHITTO
BRIDGETOWN – stakes winner
FATAL BULLET – Horse of the Year, 2nd Play the King
GRAND ADVENTURE – grade 2
SERIOUS ATTITUDE – 4yo filly Group 1 winner in 2008
SIGNATURE RED 12th woodbine mile
WOODBOURNE – 3rd Woodbine Mile
AMICO FRITZ – Group 2 winner in France/Germany
and possibly
MOTHER RUSSIA
FIELD COMMISSION
VIOLON SACRE
BRISNET’S KELLIE RILEY WRITES ABOUT THE TAYLOR…
Northern light? The E.P. Taylor S. (Can-G1) at Woodbine usually comes up strong, and this Saturday’s renewal is no different. At this writing, it’s unclear which contenders might use it as a stepping stone to Churchill, or which are targeting it as their ultimate goal. The DRF lists an entire squadron of European shippers. Most notable are the Aga Khan’s SHALANAYA (Ire) (Lomitas [GB]), who defeated Midday in last year’s Prix de l’Opera (Fr-G1) and was most recently a better-than-appears seventh in the Prix Jean Romanet (Fr-G1); Oaks d’Italia (Ity-G2) heroine CONTREDANSE (Ire) (Danehill Dancer), fifth to Midday in the Nassau S. (Eng-G1) and a near-miss second last time out in the Prix de la Nonette (Fr-G3) to Lily of the Valley (Galileo [Ire]), who came back to upset Stacelita (Monsun) in this year’s Opera on October 3; PACHATTACK (Pulpit), who was literally stranded at the start of the Beverly D. but somehow recovered to finish sixth; and defending champion LAHALEEB (Ire) (Redback), who has even less to recommend her this time than when she sprang a 44-1 shock here a year ago
FOLLOW THE LEGENDARY ZENYATTA ON THE WAY TO THE CUP!
