La Tia made every pole a winning one to capture the co-featured Grade 3 $155,800 Ontario Matron Stakes for fillies and mares, Saturday at Woodbine.

Trained by Armando De la Cerda, the Salvador Hernandez homebred set sharp splits of :24.42 and :48.36 opening up a five-length lead down the backstretch under Justin Stein in the 1 1/16-miles ‘Poly’ stake.

Royal Fury rallied into contention through the turn with Spring in the Air and Northern Passion following their lead, but there was no reeling in a runaway La Tia who notched a 6 1/4-length victory in 1:42.70, just shy of True Metropolitan’s track record time of 1:42.22. Royal Fury won the place battle over Northern Passion.

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