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Photo Gallery from Woodbine Mile Day

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Girl Power day started early at Woodbine. The star of the show, Starship Jubilee, the only mare in the field for the $1-milllion Woodbine Mile, showed her heels to the boys, but she was not alone.

Emma-Jayne Wilson piloted Credit River, the longest shot on the board at 41 to 1, to win the $155,790 Ontario Racing Stakes, giving Breeda Hayes her first stakes win as a trainer. Trainer Gail Cox sent out Count Again at almost 10 to 1 to win the $143,900 Singspiel Stakes. Sheena Ryan at odds of 9 to 2, rode Dirty Dangle to win the $135,000 Woodbine Cares Stakes. Ryan’s buddy, Isabelle Wenc guided Checkboard Floor to win the 12th race. Riding in the same race, Ryan and Wenc headed back to the jock’s room, arm in arm, celebrating the power of the female.

Punters overlooked Credit River entirely in the Ontario Racing Stakes, but the grey colt was making only the first start of his career. He wasn’t particularly quick at leaving the gate, but Wilson let him catch his rhythm before sweeping past the field to win by three-quarters of a length. One thing Credit River had on his side: he was a son of the stakes-winning grey mare Like A Gem, who also foaled Hard Not to Like, a G1 winner in the United States. We first noticed Hard Not to Like, beating the boys in the Cup and Saucer at age two at Woodbine.

This stakes win came at Hayes’ 13th start this season. Celebrate she did.

Emma-Jayne Wilson and Breeda Hayes celebrate Credit River’s win in the Ontario Racing Stakes
Credit River in the post parade.
Credit River rushing down the stretch to defeat Sky’s Not Falling.
Another look at this grey son of Like A Gem.
Count Again, led in by groom Janeen Lalsingh, before the Singspiel Stakes
Count Again with Luis Contreras aboard.
Count Again, son of Awesome Again, won by 1 1/4 lengths over Sir Sahib and Say the Word.
Count Again, all stretched out.
Just a shot I like of Standard Deviation, striding out after the post parade for the Singspiel. He finished sixth for trainer Graham Motion.
Tiz A Slam, who retired after finishing seventh in the Singspiel. He had won $989,071 in his career. He won the Singspiel last year.

 

A well-dressed groom (Kevin Pasher) heading for the post with Michael Keogh’s Woodbridge, who finished fifth in the Singspiel.

 

 

 

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Filed Under: thoroughbred Tagged With: Breeda Hayes, Count Again, Credit River, Emma-Jayne Wilson, Isabelle Wenc, mma ekei, Sheena Ryan, Singspiel Stakes, Starship Jubilee

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