THOROUGHBLOG ON SITE ALL DAY TODAY AT WOODBINE

Post position draw for Canadian International, Taylor and Nearctic

later …Toronto Thor, Racing Club meets at 7:30 in Champions, we’ll discuss the big races! Special guests include ELISSA BLOWE, marketing manager at Fort Erie, and more!

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PRETTY BOY – SIMMARD is fresh, must prove himself at 12 furlongs Saturday . Vanessa Ng photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROBABLE FIELDS

Al Khali/Brous Stable and Wachtel Stable/Bill Mott/Alan Garcia – GRADE 2 WINNER, DISTANCE A QUESTION

Chinchon/Darpat S.L. Stables/Carlos Laffon-Parias/Garrett Gomez – LIKES AMERICA, LAST RACE A PUZZLE

Cloudy’s Knight/S J Stables/Jonathan Sheppard/Rosemary Homeister – OLD TIMER

Fifty Proof/Kinghaven Farms, John Fielding and Ben Hutzel/Justin Stein THE UP AND COMER

Joshua Tree/Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor/Aidan

O’Brien/Colm O’Donoghue                                                             GOOD AT 2 LAST YEAR

Marsh Side/Robert Evans/Neil Drysdale/Edgar Prado WON THE RACE 2 YEARS AGO

Memorial Maniac/Butterfly Stable/Larry Demeritte/James Graham A FRINGER

Mores Wells/Denis O’Flynn/Richard Gibson/Sebastien Malliot SWEDEN WIN LOOKS GOOD, TRIES TO EMULATE COLLIER HILL

Redwood/Juddmonte Farms/Barry Hills/Michael Hills WON NORTHERN DANCER, BIG SHOT AGAIN

Simmard/Haras Santa Maria de Araras/Roger Attfield/Javier Castellano DISTANCE A QUESTION, HE’S FRESH

Spice Route/Harlequin Ranches, Ralph Johnson and Roger Attfield/Roger

Attfield/Mike Smith                                                                 SITTING ON A WIN? NEEDS FIRM

E.P. TAYLOR

E.P. TAYLOR POSSIBILITIES

AKARLINA – Group 3 winner in 5 races

CONTREDANSE – Group 2 winner

GALLIC STAR unplaced, listed winner

LAHALEEB – last year’s winner but 5-0-0-0 this year

MEKONG MELODY – Flaming Page winner

MISS KELLER Canadian S. winner

PACHATTACK – listed winner

REGGANE 2 wins

SHALANAYA – Group 1 winner last year

SILVER GREY – 1 win

NEARCTIC

SNEAKINGUP ONYOU Turf Dash at Tampa

BALTHAZAR’S GIFT – 6yo Group 2 winner

BOGUE CHITTO

BRIDGETOWN – stakes winner

FATAL BULLET – Horse of the Year, 2nd Play the King

GRAND ADVENTURE – grade 2

SERIOUS ATTITUDE – 4yo filly Group 1 winner in 2008

SIGNATURE RED 12th woodbine mile

WOODBOURNE – 3rd Woodbine Mile

AMICO FRITZ – Group 2 winner in France/Germany

and possibly

MOTHER RUSSIA

FIELD COMMISSION

VIOLON SACRE

BRISNET’S KELLIE RILEY WRITES ABOUT THE TAYLOR…

Northern light? The E.P. Taylor S. (Can-G1) at Woodbine usually comes up strong, and this Saturday’s renewal is no different. At this writing, it’s unclear which contenders might use it as a stepping stone to Churchill, or which are targeting it as their ultimate goal. The DRF lists an entire squadron of European shippers. Most notable are the Aga Khan’s SHALANAYA (Ire) (Lomitas [GB]), who defeated Midday in last year’s Prix de l’Opera (Fr-G1) and was most recently a better-than-appears seventh in the Prix Jean Romanet (Fr-G1); Oaks d’Italia (Ity-G2) heroine CONTREDANSE (Ire) (Danehill Dancer), fifth to Midday in the Nassau S. (Eng-G1) and a near-miss second last time out in the Prix de la Nonette (Fr-G3) to Lily of the Valley (Galileo [Ire]), who came back to upset Stacelita (Monsun) in this year’s Opera on October 3; PACHATTACK (Pulpit), who was literally stranded at the start of the Beverly D. but somehow recovered to finish sixth; and defending champion LAHALEEB (Ire) (Redback), who has even less to recommend her this time than when she sprang a 44-1 shock here a year ago

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