William Gierkink’s Moonlit Beauty captured Sunday’s $100,000 Belle Geste Stakes at Woodbine.

The seven-furlong event, taking place over a ‘good’ E.P. Taylor Turf Course, was the five-year-old mare’s first win since a triumph in last year’s Zadracarta Stakes.

Under Eurico Rosa da Silva, Moonlit Beauty took charge from almost immediately, taking the field through early fractions of :23.52 and :47.22. As the six starters straightened for the long stretch drive home, the chestnut was able to easily keep her rivals at bay to win by 2 ½ lengths. Forest Uproar was second, besting Moment of Majesty by a neck.

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