Be Vewy Vewy Quiet delivered on his pari-mutuel promise winning the $125,000 Frost King Stakes for Ontario-sired two-year-olds in a photo finish over Silent Sting on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack.
Jockey Rafael Hernandez worked out the winning trip aboard the 9-5 favourite for trainer Robert Tiller, who earned his 11th stakes victory of the season – second-most at the Woodbine meet trailing only Mark Casse (16). A winner of the Clarendon Stakes this summer, Be Vewy Vewy Quiet accounts for two of those wins.
“Eleven stakes this year. That’s what it’s all about, the big races,” said Tiller, whose leading winner is Horse of the Year candidate Pink Lloyd with seven stakes to his credit this season heading into next weekend’s Kennedy Road Stakes. “We’ve won 11 stakes so we’ve had a fantastic year, in that department anyway. It’s a thrill. To develop young horses and see them go out and be runners, that’s a real thrill.”