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 Paramount Prince heads to the winner's circle after the Seagram Cup (G2) led by breeder Ericka Rusnak (left) and co-owner Mike Langlois (right). |
There were two graded stakes at Woodbine on Saturday, headlined by the $175,000 Seagram Cup (G2) for older horses going 1 1/16 miles over the main Tapeta track. Conditions were typical for late July in Southern Ontario with sunny skies and a high temperature of 26.5 C (79.7 F). After Money Supply scratched, last year's King's Plate winner Paramount Prince was sent off as the 5-4 favorite in the field of 8 off his win in the Dominion Day Stakes (G3). In to challenge him included 4-1 second choice Palazzi, fourth in the Dominion Day after winning the Eclipse (G2), and 11-2 third choice County Final, 7th in the Highlander (G2) after finishing 8th in the Oaklawn Handicap (G2).
 Paramount Prince draws off in the stretch. |
Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show 9 Paramount Prince Husbands 4.50 3.10 2.30 5 Stanley House Campos 7.50 5.10 8 Wicked Django Nicholls 4.30 Winning Time: 1:43.37 $1 Exacta 9-5 15.10 $2 Trifecta 9-5-8 138.40 $2 Superfecta 9-5-8-1 406.20Results chart |
Left: Paramount Prince in the winner's circle. Winning co-owner Mike Langlois said, "I just can't believe this horse. He's got character, a personality of his own. I love that guy to death. I visit him every week. I talk to him. He's like a family pet and I think he loves us as much as we love him. There's just something about him. He's an incredible horse. They don't come like that every day. Being new in the in the race business, I know how lucky we are and how blessed we are to have such an amazing horse."
Right: Paramount Prince gets hosed off after the race.
Left: Paramount Prince in the walking ring before the race. Winning jockey Patrick Husbands said, "He's having so much fun right now. He's enjoying everything coming over here and he's growing up, he's getting bigger and bigger. He's the type of horse who has got a high cruising speed. He's just got one ear forward and one ear back. You can play with him, the more you push him the faster he goes. He's turned out to be a nice horse."
Right: The trophy presentation for the Seagram Cup.
Left: Second place finisher Stanley House in the paddock before the race. The Mike DePaulo trainee improved his record to 3 wins, 5 seconds, and 1 third in 13 starts, earning $300,547 for owners John and Diana Russell.
Right: Third place finisher Wicked Django in the walking ring. The Krista Cole trainee improved his record to 2 wins, 1 second, and 3 thirds in 8 starts, earning $130,740 for owner Ryan Brewster.
The horses break from the gate for the Seagram Cup.
 Time to Dazzle wins the Ontario Colleen Stakes |
Jockey Sahin Civaci sent 11-1 Time to Dazzle to a clear lead and she set fractions of 24.13, 47.07, and 1:19.81 pressed by 9-1 Tripolina and stalked by Sabatini. Entering the stretch, Time to Dazzle opened up a 6 length lead through 7f in 1:21.20, and easily held off late-running Simply in Front to win by 4 1/2 lengths in 1:33.57. It was another 1 1/4 lengths back to 33-1 Uphill Dance third, while favorite Ready to Shirl trailed throughout, was 9 wide on the turn, and failed to rally finishing last beaten 19 3/4 lengths.
Left: Time to Dazzle in the winner's circle. Winning jockey Sahin Civaci said, "I wasn't expecting her to be on the lead. But she popped up really good and she was comfortable up there. The fractions were decent. They weren't slow by any means, but she was going easy, and she held on."
Right: Time to Dazzle gets hosed off after the race.
Left: Time to Dazzle in the post parade. Civaci added, "She's matured a lot. When I first rode her, she was a little green. But she's a quality horse and she ran really impressively today. She was much more focused and very good."
Right: Time to Dazzle heads to the winner's circle.
Left: Second place finisher Simply in Front heads out from the paddock. The Patrick DIxon trainee improved her record to 2 wins, 3 seconds, and 0 thirds in 8 starts, earning $236,188 for owner Colebrook Farms.
Right: Third place finisher Uphill Dance returns after the race. The Rachel Halden trainee improved her record to 2 wins, 1 second, and 1 third in 6 starts, earning $83,530 for owner Up Hill Stable.
Last place finisher and beaten favorite Ready for Shirl in the post parade. The Roger Attfield trainee has a record of 2 wins, 1 second, and 0 thirds in 4 starts, earning $100,073 for owner-breeder Charles Fipke.
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