Three-year-old horses would be the stars of Saturday’s Grade 3 Ontario Derby at Woodbine. The race normally options a mixture of stallions and geldings from Ontario and the USA, and this 12 months was no completely different, with upset King’s Plate winner Mancetti main the way in which. The race shall be broadcast on FanDuel TV.
1. He is no joke (morning line odds 8-1): He ran within the Kentucky Derby Introduced by Woodford Reserve Path final spring, however has not raced since ending eleventh.th March 22 at Jeff Ruby Steak in Turfway Park. He excelled on the all-weather monitor at Tapeta Footings at Woodbine, beginning his profession with two wins, together with a Grade 3 at 1 1/16 miles. If he had been to return from a virtually seven-month layoff on this type, he can be a menace.
Jockey: Fraser Avery; coach: josie carroll
2. Cuffs (8-5): He led from begin to end and received Canada’s most prestigious race, the King’s Plate, in simply two begins. After that, he competed in a dust race within the Prince of Wales Stakes, the second spherical of the home triple crown race, and virtually received, however was delayed by Runaway Once more and succumbed, settling for second place. He’s now again on his favourite floor and may have a bonus over his Basic Collection rivals.
Jockey: pietro moran coach: Kevin Attard
3. Pretty competent (20-1): He left New York after ending fourth in a wet July one-mile filth race at Saratoga. He began his profession all on filth, however his pedigree suggests he can deal with all-weather surfaces and distances ought to be no drawback.
Jockey: Swan Flores. coach: mark cass
4. Runaway Once more (9-5): Not a menace within the Kings Plate, ending tenthth He was thirteenth behind runaway winner Mancetti, however rallied within the closing levels of the 1 3/16-mile Prince of Wales Stakes on filth final month to beat his opponent by half a size. He has returned to Mansetti’s favourite monitor and has carried out greater than sufficient instances in his quick profession (together with a dominant first win at this monitor) to deserve respect.
Jockey: Ryan Munger. coach: proprietor attard
5. Borealis Path (6-1): Though he had little success in his first three begins, he loved the transition from all-weather to grass, successful the opening one-mile race at Woodbine and almost successful the third race of the Canadian Triple Crown, the 1.5-mile Breeders’ Stakes, at Woodbine on September twenty eighth. Take a brief break and return to the unfavorable floor.
Jockey: Jose Campos. coach: Rachel Haldane
6. Wagstaff (8-1): One other contender appears to desire turf to all-weather, with two of his three profession wins approaching turf, however his all-weather wins got here in races that washed out turf. He didn’t present a lot power within the previous races, ending fifth within the 1-mile Toronto Cup on grass, however earlier than that he received three consecutive races and obtained the providers of ace Woodbine jockey for the primary time. That might put tempo strain on Mansetti.
Jockey: Rafael Hernandez; coach: Nathan Squires
7. Particular Session (12-1): He’s 2-for-2 in his profession at Woodbine’s all-weather monitor, and can return there after a no-show effort on the turf when he completed ninth on the Toronto Cup. He’s a deep nearer and wishes quick tempo to arrange rallies, which he could not have.
Jockey: Patrick Husband. coach: mark cass
choose: cuffs
Stay lengthy shot: Wagstaff
fantastic: 2-6-4-1
