The CA$200,000 Highlander Stakes (G2T) and CA$175,000 Nassau Stakes (G2T) share the spotlight July 2 at Woodbine.
Last year, Silent Poet won the six-furlong Highlander. He returns to defend his title. In what will be his third race since last year's Highlander—all this year—Silent Poet is coming off a fifth-place finish in the Jacques Cartier Stakes (G3) on Woodbine's all-weather track.
Among those looking to prevent Silent Poet from repeating is Sonata Stable's Arzak. The Not This Time colt is coming off back-to-back wins in the Thorncliffe and the Jacques Cartier. In the Thorncliffe, Arzak beat Silent Poet by 3 1/4 lengths. Tap It to Win, another Highlander contender, finished 1 1/2 lengths back in the Jacques Cartier.
Meanwhile, the one-mile Nassau for fillies and mares 4 and upward features Speightster's daughter Dreaming of Drew. The 4-year-old has won three of her last four starts with the May 8 Whimsical Stakes (G3) the outlier. She also has a fourth-place showing in the 2020 Natalma Stakes (G1T). She did not race as a 3-year-old.
The race also presents another opportunity for Plum Ali and Our Flash Drive to improve upon their last time out when they both ran the Beaugay Stakes (G3T) at Belmont Park where they finished seventh and second, respectively.
Woodbine, Saturday, July 2, 2022, Race 10Entries: Highlander S. (G2T)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Turned Aside (KY) Emma-Jayne Wilson 121 Mark E. Casse 12/1 2 2Voodoo Zip (KY) Dylan Davis 121 Christophe Clement 7/2 3 3Chuck Willis (IRE) David Moran 121 Mark E. Casse 10/1 4 4Into the Sunrise (KY) Patrick Husbands 121 Mark E. Casse 10/1 5 5Tap It to Win (FL) Rafael Manuel Hernandez 123 Mark E. Casse 8/1 6 6White Flag (KY) Daisuke Fukumoto 121 Roger L. Attfield 20/1 7 7Silent Poet (ON) Justin Stein 126 Nicholas Gonzalez 10/1 8 8Elektronic (NY) Eswan Flores 121 Desmond Maynard 20/1 9 9Olympic Runner (KY) Antonio A. Gallardo 124 Mark E. Casse 12/1 10 10Bound for Nowhere (KY) Pablo Morales 124 Wesley A. Ward 5/2 11 11Arzak (KY) Kazushi Kimura 123 Michael J. Trombetta 5/1
Entries: Nassau S. (G2T)
Woodbine, Saturday, July 2, 2022, Race 8
- Grade IIT
- 1m
- Turf
- $175,000
- 4 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
- 4:48 PM (local)
| PP | Horse | Jockey | Wgt | Trainer | M/L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Peace Seeker (FL) | Eswan Flores | 118 | Nicholas Nosowenko | 20/1 |
| 2 | 2Lady Speightspeare (KY) | Emma-Jayne Wilson | 120 | Roger L. Attfield | 5/2 |
| 3 | 3Plum Ali (KY) | Dylan Davis | 120 | Christophe Clement | 9/2 |
| 4 | 4Crystal Cliffs (FR) | Rafael Manuel Hernandez | 120 | H. Graham Motion | 3/1 |
| 5 | 5Lady War Machine (KY) | Justin Stein | 120 | Josie Carroll | 20/1 |
| 6 | 6Perseverancia (KY) | Daisuke Fukumoto | 118 | Darwin D. Banach | 30/1 |
| 7 | 7Broadway Lady (KY) | Antonio A. Gallardo | 118 | Mark E. Casse | 20/1 |
| 8 | 8Our Flash Drive (FL) | Patrick Husbands | 122 | Mark E. Casse | 8/1 |
| 9 | 9La Libertee (KY) | David Moran | 118 | Mark E. Casse | 10/1 |
| 10 | 10Saratoga Vision (KY) | Luis Contreras | 118 | Alexander P. Patykewich | 30/1 |
| 11 | 11Dreaming of Drew (ON) | Kazushi Kimura | 120 | Barbara J. Minshall | 6/1 |
