Live Oak Plantation enjoyed a Woodbine graded stakes double Saturday when homebred Our Flash Drive posted her third consecutive graded stakes win in the $181,250 Royal North (G2) and Souper Hoity Toity took the $157,800 Belle Mahone (G3) one race later.
Both runners are trained by Mark Casse and were ridden to victory by Patrick Husbands.
Tracking pacesetter Forest Drift from second, Our Flash Drive overtook the front-runner near the sixteenths pole and continued on to win by 1 1/4 lengths.
Sweet Enough, fifth early under Emma-Jayne Wilson, angled four to five wide on the turn, closed resolutely, and outfinished Millie Girl by a neck for second in the field of 10 older fillies and mares. Forest Drift, who grudgingly gave way in the final furlong, hung on for fourth.
Our Flash Drive, a 5-year-old Florida-bred Ghostzapper mare, covered the 6 1/2-furlong turf test in 1:13.88 on a firm course while earning her seventh win from 16 career starts. She came in to Saturday's race off victories in the Whimiscal (G3) May 13 in her season debut at Woodbine after closing the year there Nov. 12 in the Bessarabian (G2). Her career stats also include graded stakes scores in the 2021 Selene (G3) and Ontario Colleen (G3), both at the Toronto-area racetrack.
Sent off the favorite, Our Flash Drive returned $4.30 for the victory. Produced by the Dynaformer mare Dynamotor, she banked the winner's share of the Royal North purse, boosting her purse earnings to $601,536.
Souper Hoity Toity, a 4-year-old Uncle Mo filly, led at every point of call in the Belle Mahone and repelled a challenge by favorite and reigning Canadian Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old filly Moira to win by a neck.
Purrfect finished three lengths back in third in the field of seven older fillies and mares.
The winner covered 1 1/16 miles on the Tapeta main track in 1:44.49 and returned $13.70 for the win.
Souper Hoity Toity notched her third graded win after scoring in two Grade 3 events last year: the Selene and Ontario Colleen. She entered Saturday's race off a seventh-place finish in the Sand Springs April 1 at Gulfstream Park but made amends Saturday when delivering defeat to Moira, who was making her highly anticipated 2023 debut.
Bred in Kentucky by Dr. Richard Holder and Coolmore, Souper Hoity Toity is out of the Speightstown mare Town Tour. Live Oak Plantation landed her for $550,000 at the 2021 OBS March 2-year-olds in training sale, where Pike Racing consigned her. The $90,000 winner's share of the Belle Mahone purse increased her career purse earnings to $355,958.
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