The speedy Filo Di Arianna took the race to his rivals proper from the bounce, blazing by means of fast early fractions and outlasting a closing Struggle Bomber for a nostril victory within the CA$207,600 King Edward Stakes (G2T) Aug. 23 at Woodbine.
Favored at 3-5 coming off a career-best triumph within the six-furlong Highlander Stakes (G2T), Filo Di Arianna annexed his second win within the native prep for the Woodbine Mile (G1T), having captured the 2022 rendition as a 6-year-old.Filo Di Arianna (BRZ), ch, 8/g
Drosselmeyer — Principessa Capri (BRZ), by Northern Afleet
Proprietor: Gary Barber, Wachtel Secure and Peter Deutsch
Breeder: Stud Principessa di Capri (BRZ)
Coach: Mark E. Casse
Jockey: Kazushi Kimura
Info supplied by Equibase at time of entry.
Patches O’Houlihan, b, 4/g
Reload — Maythefourthbwithu, by Silent Identify (JPN)
Proprietor: Frank D. Di Giulio Jr.
Breeder: Frank Di Giulio Jr. (ON)
Coach: Robert P. Tiller
Jockey: Sofia Vives
Info supplied by Equibase at time of entry.
Pedigree Notes
Reload stands at Northern Daybreak Stables Inc. for five,000 CAN$ (2024).
Two years later, Filo Di Arianna ran the one-mile distance even quicker, stopping the clock in a pointy 1:34.07 over a agency turf course.
Breaking from the far outdoors submit, jockey Sahin Civaci, who was changing Kazushi Kimura within the saddle, misplaced his iron out of the gate. Happily, Civaci recovered rapidly sufficient to go on with an impatient Filo Di Arianna because the pair plowed to the entrance. The Drosselmeyer gelding hurtled by means of opening fractions of :23.75 and :46.09 earlier than swinging for residence, laying down six furlongs in 1:09.27 on the high of the lane.
Struggle Bomber rallied valiantly and tried Filo Di Arianna for all he had, falling simply quick in a dramatic drive to the wire.Join BloodHorse Every day
Longshot Secret Reserve rallied for third.
Filo Di Arianna ($3.30), owned in partnership by Gary Barber, Wachtel Secure, and Peter Deutsch, posted his sixth group/graded stakes win from 17 journeys to the submit. A bunch 2 winner in his native Brazil, the gelding joined coach Mark Casse’s steady in 2021. He has bankrolled $615,828.
Video: bet365 King Edward S. (G2T)
Patches O’Houlihan Victorious in Daring Enterprise Protection
It was a day of repeat winners at Woodbine. A race following the King Edward, Patches O’Houlihan registered his second straight win within the CA$174,600 Daring Enterprise Stakes (G3) for 3-year-olds and up sprinting on the principle observe.
The Ontario-bred Patches O’Houlihan scampered to take command and carved out early splits of :22.38 and :44.55 earlier than dealing with a problem from First Empire across the last flip. Shaking free of that foe down the stretch, the son of Reload staved off the late closers in a last time of 1:14.90 for the 6 1/2 furlongs.
Photograph: Michael BurnsJockey Sofia Vives and Patches O’Houlihan seize the Daring Enterprise Stakes at Woodbine
Ridden by Sofia Vives, Patches O’Houlihan ($4.60) was a neck away from Playmea Tune and I am A Gambler on the wire.
The 4-year-old is a homebred for Frank Di Giulio Jr. and is skilled by Robert Tiller. The winner of eight of 10 begins, he scored in three consecutive stakes races final yr throughout a six-race win streak.
Video: Daring Enterprise S. (G3)