The speedy Filo Di Arianna took the race to his rivals proper from the bounce, blazing by fast early fractions and outlasting a closing Warfare 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.
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 exterior put up, jockey Sahin Civaci, who was changing Kazushi Kimura within the saddle, misplaced his iron out of the gate. Thankfully, Civaci recovered shortly sufficient to go on with an impatient Filo Di Arianna because the pair plowed to the entrance. The Drosselmeyer gelding hurtled by opening fractions of :23.75 and :46.09 earlier than swinging for dwelling, laying down six furlongs in 1:09.27 on the high of the lane.
Warfare Bomber rallied valiantly and tried Filo Di Arianna for all he had, falling simply brief in a dramatic drive to the wire.
Longshot Secret Reserve rallied for third.
Filo Di Arianna ($3.30), owned in partnership by Gary Barber, Wachtel Steady, and Peter Deutsch, posted his sixth group/graded stakes win from 17 journeys to the put up. A bunch 2 winner in his native Brazil, the gelding joined coach Mark Casse’s steady in 2021. He has bankrolled $615,828.
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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 primary monitor.
The Ontario-bred Patches O’Houlihan scampered to take command and carved out early splits of :22.38 and :44.55 earlier than going through a problem from First Empire across the last flip. Shaking unfastened 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.
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 educated 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.
