Creed's Gold, one of three Mark Casse-trained runners entered in the Aug. 22 CA$175,000 Seaway Stakes (G3) at Woodbine, will be trying for consecutive graded victories for the first time in her career.
Rallying down the stretch last time out, the daughter of Jimmy Creed came out on top for the second year in a row in the Hendrie Stakes (G3) at the Ontario track.
"I think that performance was a great example of her versatility, not only her ability to race at different distances and on different surfaces, but within the race itself," said Kathryn Sullivan, assistant trainer to Casse. "She came from just off the pace with a really nice move and then produced a strong run down the lane."
But Creed's Gold (6-3-3 from 16 starts) will have to navigate 7 furlongs for the first time with seven other rivals with the same goal in mind.
Topping the list might be Reagan's Flame, who last out was third in the Hendrie. Earlier this year, she won the 6-furlong Whimsical Stakes (G3) by 2 lengths at Woodbine.
She's gone 7 furlongs three times: second in a 2024 starter allowance and seventh in the 2024 Dogwood Stakes (G3), both on dirt at Churchill Downs, and a 2025 allowance optional claiming race on turf at Kentucky Downs in which she was second by three-quarters of a length.
Woodbine, Saturday, August 22, 2026, Race 7Entries: Seaway S. (G3)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 Uphill Dance (KY) Jose Luis Campos 122 Rachel Halden - 2 Elysian Field (ON) Pietro Moran 122 Mark E. Casse - 3 Austere (KY) Romero Ramsay Maragh 123 Brendan P. Walsh - 4 Quadruple (GB) Ryan Munger 122 Josie Carroll - 5 Scat Girl (ON) Emma-Jayne Wilson 123 Michael P. De Paulo - 6 Reagan's Flame (KY) Edgard J. Zayas 124 Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. - 7 Bessie Abott (IRE) Fraser Aebly 122 Mark E. Casse - 8 Creed's Gold (KY) Sahin Civaci 126 Mark E. Casse -
Clash at Century Mile
On the other side of Canada, Century Mile hosts the CA$200,000 Canadian Derby (G3).
The 1 1/4-mile race presents a rematch of the July 24 non-black-type Count Lathum Stakes, which saw the Caravaggio gelding Tisum edge the Big Brown gelding Big Curl by a nose. They were the class of that race, as the runner-up was 4 lengths ahead of his nearest rival.
Century Mile Racetrack and Casino, Saturday, August 22, 2026, Race 11Entries: Canadian Derby (G3)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Helioo (KY) Amadeo Perez 126 Mel Snow 15/1 2 2Debrusk (BC) Silvino Morales 126 Dino K. Condilenios 20/1 3 3Kamal (AB) Alexander Marti 126 James R. Brown 30/1 4 4Quarry (KY) Damario Bynoe 126 Jerry Gourneau 9/2 5 5Magicstrikesagain (KY) Jose Mariano Asencio 126 David Nicholson 20/1 6 6Direct Strike (KY) N'Rico Prescod 126 Craig Robert Smith 12/1 7 7Really Ralis (BC) Kerron Khelawan 126 Cindy Krasner 4/1 8 8Big Curl (KY) Enrique Alonzo Gonzalez 126 Tim Rycroft 10/1 9 9Gethsemane (KY) Antonio Whitehall 126 Monique Goulet 8/1 10 10Tisum (KY) Jose Mariano Asencio 126 David Nicholson 10/1 11 11Javier (KY) Brian Boodramsingh 126 Carson Frey 20/1 12 12Western Warrior (KY) Dane Nelson 126 Dino K. Condilenios 7/2 13 13Need the Purse (KY) Kimal Santo 126 Robertino Diodoro 15/1
