Taking Stock: Donato Lanni’s (Almost) Perfect Weekend

I called the elite bloodstock agent Donato Lanni last Wednesday only to tell him I'd call him again Sunday and to expect my call. I was fortunate he picked up, because he was on a golf course enjoying a rare day off following a busy Keeneland September sale where he'd purchased a number of million-dollar yearlings among many others. When we made plans to speak again, neither of us mentioned why I'd be calling. I didn't want to jinx him, with Cave Rock (Arrogate), War Like Goddess (English Channel), and Moira (Ghostzapper) entered in three Grade l races Saturday at Santa Anita, Belmont-at-Aqueduct, and Woodbine, respectively.

The weekend was almost perfect for Lanni, except for the hex that jockey Rafael Hernandez put on Moira in the Gl E.P. Taylor S., choosing the wrong path for her at a crucial stage in the race. Turning for home, Moira was behind five runners fanned ahead of her, and Hernandez, looking for a seam, chose to go inside where there was no room. In the process, he nearly took down Peter Brant's Lemista (Ire), who checked hard. Once on the rail, Moira still had nowhere to advance until late in the stretch, and by the time Hernandez slipped her through a narrow gap, the finish was fast approaching. Rougir (Ire), owned by Brant and Michael Tabor, nailed her by a neck, flying uninterrupted on the outside. No surprise, Moira was disqualified from second to eighth, but with a clean run she may well have proven the best in the race.

Lanni was still steaming on Sunday when we spoke. He'd purchased Moira for $150,000 at Keeneland September two years ago for a group of Canadian horsemen and friends who race as X-Men Racing. Lanni clients Madaket Racing and SF Racing, who are a part of the “Avengers” group that race colts with Bob Baffert, are co-owners. “Brant's filly could have gotten hurt, and I'm worried about our filly,” Lanni said of the incident.

The local E.P. Taylor was carefully chosen for Moira to get Grade l black-type on her resume.

“She was like a greyhound as a yearling, a long-distance type for turf and all-weather, not a horse for dirt. She's a classy filly, but not a typical Ghostzapper physically. Ghostzapper looked like a miler, he could sprint and go a mile and a quarter. She's not that way.”

Bred in Canada by Adena Springs and trained by Kevin Attard, the 3-year-old had previously raced exclusively on Woodbine's all-weather course against other Canadian-breds her age, but blowout wins in the Woodbine Oaks and the Queen's Plate against colts suggested she was something special. That was confirmed in the E.P. Taylor, regardless of the outcome. The race was Moira's first start on turf, her first against open company, and her first against elders, and she proved she belongs. She's now won four of six starts and earned $908,682. Rougir was a Group 1 winner in Europe last year and was purchased by Brant and Tabor at Arqana for the equivalent of $3.4 million.

War Like Goddess

War Like Goddess, trained by Bill Mott for owner George Krikorian, is a 5-year-old mare. She defeated males in the Gl Joe Hirsch Turf Classic S. and goes next in the Gl Breeders' Cup Turf. A winner of nine of 12 starts and $1,612,184, the daughter of English Channel was bred by Calumet, sold for $1,200 as a weanling at Keeneland November, was unsold as a $1,000 RNA at Keeneland September, and made $30,000 at OBS June when Lanni bought her.

“You just don't see too many English Channels showing up at an OBS 2-year-old sale,” Lanni said. “That's not what they're supposed to do. They are long on the grass. Anyway, she shows up and works and goes in like :10 2/5 and does really well. She's got a great stride and great action, but she comes back and she's got some pretty good shins on her. They were pretty big. I call them summer shins–shins that last all summer. And so I said to myself, there's only one guy I know who'd take this filly, meaning you need to be patient with her and give her time, and that was George Krikorian. I hadn't bought him a horse in a long time, so I called him.”

Lanni developed a relationship with Krikorian during his early days in Kentucky at Texan Johnny T.L. Jones Jr.'s Walmac International, which stood standouts Nureyev and Alleged among other well-known stallions. An outsized figure with a grin as big as his personality, Johnny Jones also gave Lane's End Bloodstock's David Ingordo, WTC's Frances J. Karon, Stonestreet advisor and agent John Moynihan, and Four Star's Kerry Cauthen a home at one time or another.

“[George Krikorian] was the first guy who ever let me buy him a horse where I actually got paid a commission for buying the horse,” Lanni said. “That was Starrer in 1999 at Fasig-Tipton. We'd gotten to be friends, he said he trusted me, likes me, and said if I see anything I like, buy it.

“When I found Starrer, I called him and said I found him a filly, and he said to just buy it and hung up. I'm in my mid-20s, and I'm like, 'What does that mean, just buy it?' I'm nervous. I don't have a signed agent agreement, I don't have any money, and what do I do If this guy walks away from me?”

Lanni paid $35,000 for the yearling Starrer, a daughter of Dynaformer who became a multiple Grade l winner for Krikorian and trainer John Shirreffs, earning $1,043,033 through four seasons.

“He's been my longtime friend and a client since. He's the greatest,” Lanni said.

Cave Rock

Undefeated Cave Rock appears to be the leading 2-year-old colt heading to the Breeders' Cup. The son of Arrogate won the Gl American Pharoah S. at Santa Anita impressively–his second top-level win from three starts–and has now earned $408,000 for trainer Baffert and the “Three Amigos” partnership of Mike Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman. Bred by Anne and Ronnie Sheffer Racing, Cave Rock was a $550,000 Keeneland September yearling.

After the Walmac stint, Lanni went next to John Sikura's Hill 'n' Dale, where he was a longtime presence until Sikura moved the Hill 'n' Dale operation to Xalapa a few years ago. It was through Sikura that Lanni established a relationship with Baffert, and it's under the Baffert banner that Lanni's reputation has grown.

“[Baffert] is not just an amazing horse trainer and person, he's also amazing at finding young horses at auction,” Lanni said. “He's been great at that forever, and he's taught me a lot. I can't ever take credit for what I do with Bob, because Bob is instrumental, but we work together closely and it's a team effort. I don't buy a horse for Bob if he doesn't agree.”

They agreed on Cave Rock.

Lanni said, “If he was a first-crop Arrogate, he would have made seven figures. He was amazing, he was beautiful. He had beautiful bone, he was correct, he had a great hind leg. But last year, no one wanted an Arrogate.”

Because the Avengers are usually looking for colts by proven sires to turn into stallions, Cave Rock didn't fit the profile, but he was a natural for the Three Amigos.

“Bob and Mike have been together from the beginning, and when we shop the sales, those guys are always ready to buy,” Lanni said. “They don't care about sires, they don't care about pedigrees, they want physicals and they want runners.”

Avengers and X-Men

Why Avengers and X-Men? Lanni said the Avengers nickname came about as convenient shorthand to refer to the string of owners in the SF/Madaket/Starlight group.

“And the reason I came up with Avengers is that my daughters and I watch all those Marvel movies, and I love them,” he said. “And it's great because everybody has a certain talent that they bring to the table, and it fit the group.”

When buying for the Avengers–a team effort with the principals, Lanni stressed–the criteria gets more specific: proven sires like Into Mischief, Quality Road, etc., and the physiques that will handle training and racing on dirt at the highest levels. “Tom [Ryan] put the Avengers together. It's Tom's masterpiece, and it's a great team.”

The SF/Madaket/Starlight group was a minority shareholder with WinStar and China Horse Club in Triple Crown winner Justify, who was purchased at Keeneland September for $500,000 and sold for $75 million to Coolmore in 2018. After breaking away and enlisting Lanni, the Avengers struck gold again at Keeneland that year, buying three of the 25 colts that would go on to win Grade l races from the catalogue: Eight Rings, a $520,000 yearling who was sold to Coolmore for $10 million; Charlatan, a $700,000 purchase that was sold to stand at Hill 'n' Dale for $10 million; and Horse of the Year and Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic winner Authentic, who was purchased for $350,000 and sold to Spendthrift at a valuation of $36 million.

There were 10 fillies catalogued in the sale that also won Grade l races, and though Lanni didn't buy them there, he did buy two of them at the juvenile sales: Gamine, with Baffert, for $1.8 million at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic; and the previously mentioned War Like Goddess, for $30,000 at OBS June.

Lanni is from Canada, where he cut his teeth with Standardbreds, and some of his friends in the X-Men partnership for which Moira races go back a ways with him from those days. Lanni said Moira was one of seven yearlings he purchased for the first X-Men partnership. For the second batch, 2-year-olds this year, he already has Grade l winner Last Call, another English Channel filly. Bred by English Channel Co-Owners & Jodi Cantwell, Last Call, also co-owned by SF, was bought for $30,000 at Keeneland September last year and won the Natalma S. at Woodbine last month.

“I shop the entire catalog, from the first day to the last,” Lanni said. “I don't want to miss a single horse, and you never know where you'll find that good one.”

He seems to have a knack for finding them wherever they are, in all price ranges.

Sid Fernando is president and CEO of Werk Thoroughbred Consultants, Inc., originator of the Werk Nick Rating and eNicks.

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Moira Confirmed for E.P. Taylor

Moira (Ghostzapper), the dominant winner of this year's Queen's Plate over males, will start Saturday at Woodbine in the GI E.P. Taylor S. It will be her first try against older horses and her first on the turf. Trainer Kevin Attard had also been considering the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S., a turf race at Keeneland restricted to 3-year-old fillies.

“The race is at home and at a distance of a mile and a quarter,” Attard said. “She had a work over the turf course [five furlongs in 1:01.20] on Saturday and seemed to get over it very well and looked comfortable doing it. Those were the factors that played into it. The Keeneland race was very appealing, but we would have had to ship and put her on a van. She does have some quirks, so we weren't too sure about that because no one knows how she would handle shipping or if there would be any negative impact from that. We thought it be a safer bet to stay at home.”

Moira, who is 4-for-5 lifetime, was an easy winner of the Queen's Plate, the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, beating her fellow Ontario-breds by seven lengths. Attard and the owners, X-Men Racing, Madaket Stablkes LLC and SF Racing LLC, decided afterward to pass on the remaining two legs of the series in order to give their filly a chance of winning a Grade I race. In her lone try in graded company, Moira was second in last year's GIII Mazarine S.

Attard acknowledged that the E.P. Taylor will be a tough spot for his filly.

“She's obviously taking a big step up in class and is facing older horses for the first time,” he said. “There is a bit of a weight advantage.

Being a 3-year-old facing older fillies she will get four pounds. But it's always nice to stick to your own age group if you can. At the end of the day there is no such thing as an easy Grade I.”

All five of the filly's starts have come on the synthetic Tapeta surface at Woodbine. Attard is confident the switch to the grass will not be a problem.

“I think she will handle it,” he said. “Her dam is Devine Aida (Unbridled's Song) and she was a stakes winner on the turf. She has a sibling that was a minor stakes winner on the turf. She's bred to handle the turf and she looked good working over it. The forecast looks good for this week, so it looks like we will get a firm turf course. That's something else we factored into it.”

Depending on how she fares Saturday, Moira could return in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

“That is a possibility,” Attard said. “With the E.P. Taylor being four weeks from the Breeders' Cup versus three weeks for the Queen Elizabeth, that played into our decision as well.”

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Week In Review: Another Milestone For Kentucky Downs

Another record was set Saturday at Kentucky Downs when $21,065,982 was wagered on the 12-race card. Perhaps even more impressively, Kentucky Downs out-handled Del Mar, where $19,423,928 was bet. Del Mar ran 11 races on Saturday.

That a wagering record was set was hardly a surprise considering that the card at Kentucky Downs was also the best ever offered at the sport's most unique racetrack. There were six graded stakes on the card and five of them were worth $1 million. The average field size was 11, the type of number horseplayers love.

Kentucky Downs is improving every year, but there is a way to make to make it even better. Largely because of the width of the turf course, fields are limited to 12 horses. In many races, there are 16 horses entered in a race, with four on the also-eligible list. For most tracks, limiting the number of starters to 12  wouldn't be an issue. But, according to Kentucky Downs Senior Vice President and General Manager Ted Nicholson, it's not uncommon for as many as 30 horses to enter a race, particularly in maiden races.

If Kentucky Downs does as well as it does limiting the fields to 12 horses, imagine how much more they could handle if allowing 16 horses to race. And why limit things to 16 horses? What's wrong with a 20-horse field, a 22-horse field?

Nicholson said track management is exploring its options relating to field size. It would take widening the course, particularly on the turns.

“Increasing the amount of horses that can run is something that we have talked about, but talks haven't gone that far,” he said. “We've been content with having 16 possibles and scratching down to 12. This is one of those things we probably should consider even more for next year.”

Nicholson added that the track decided to card more maiden races, which almost always have oversubscribed fields, this year. There were four on Saturday's card. It was done so that horsemen with maidens would have a better chance of getting into races rather than being shut out for the entire meet because it has been so difficult to get into those races.

“I'd much rather run a maiden race with 12 than throw up a claiming race that might scratch down to seven or eight,” Nicholson said.

Saratoga Is Growing But Is The Sport?

It was announced last week that the Saratoga meet set still another wagering record with $878,211,963 bet on the meet, a 7.7% increase over what was a record handle in 2021. If the trends continue, we may be only three or four years removed from the meet breaking the $1-billion mark, an astounding number.

But while this is good news for Saratoga and NYRA, the numbers suggest that the handle increases are not a matter of the pie growing but Saratoga taking a bigger slice of the pie. According to Equibase, through August, total handle is up just 0.24% on the year. In August, which includes the bulk of the Saratoga season, wagering was down 0.86%.

It's not just Saratoga. The numbers coming out of the top-tier tracks, particularly the boutique meets, continue to be good. That probably means that customers continue to turn away from the second and third-tier tracks and are focusing their wagering dollars on the very best simulcasting signals.

Problems for the Canadian Triple Crown

For the second year in a row, the winner of the Queen's Plate will not be running in the second leg of the Canadian Triple Crown. When entries were taken last week for Tuesday's Prince of Wales S. at Fort Erie, the field,  as expected, did not include Queen's Plate winner Moira (Ghostzapper). She is being pointed for a Grade I race and trainer Kevin Attard said he is looking at either the GI E.P. Taylor S. at Woodbine or the GI Queen Elizabeth Challenge Cup S. at Keeneland. Attard wants to give her a chance in Grade I company to enhance her resume. You can hardly blame him.

The 2021 Plate winner Safe Conduct (Bodemeister) skipped the Prince of Wales because the connections thought me might have a hard time making the transition from Woodbine's Tapeta surface to the Fort Erie dirt track.

Also sitting out the $400,000 Prince of Wales will be Queen's Plate runner-up Hall of Dreams (Lemon Drop Kid) and Queen's Plate beaten favorite Rondure (Oxbow).  The 7-5 morning-line favorite in the race is Sir for Sure (Sligo Bay {Ire}), who was third, beaten nine lengths, in the Queen's Plate.

With the race being run three weeks after the Queen's Plate and offering a purse that is modest by today's standards, the Prince of Wales has become a weak link in the Canadian Triple Crown, which also includes the Breeders' S. at Woodbine. As is this case with the U.S. Triple Crown, there is talk that the series needs to be tinkered with. One thought is to bring back a bonus structure for any horse sweeping the three races, something the Ontario tracks have done off and on over the years. Throwing some money at the problem is one possible solution.

As for the Queen's Plate, it appears that is about to undergo a name change with the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Since its inception way back in 1860, the race has been named for the reigning British monarch and has been called the Queen's Plate since 1952. As long as Woodbine sticks to tradition, the race will be renamed the King's Plate in honor of King Charles III.

New Voices in NYRA Announcer's Booth

It was announced last week that Frank Mirahmadi will take over as the announcer at Saratoga next year. It was one of a number of changes when it comes to the NYRA race-callers. John Imbriale has decided to cut back on his duties and will call the races at Belmont only. Chris Griffin, currently the announcer at Parx, will take over the duties at Aqueduct.

Mirahmadi will split his time between two of the top tracks in the sport, Saratoga and Santa Anita. Considering those assignments, his popularity and the quality of his calls, it's easy to argue that Mirahmadi deserves to be recognized as the very best in his profession.

Mirahmadi will be leaving Monmouth at the end of the current meet. If he's amenable to the idea, isn't bringing Larry Collmus back to Monmouth an obvious move?

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Ghostzapper’s Moira Crushes Colts in Queen’s Plate

ETOBICOKE, ON–Heading into the 163rd Queen's Plate, most of the pre-race talk swirled around X-Men Racing, Madaket Stables and SF Racing's Moira (Ghostzapper), and her pre-Woodbine Oaks antics that led to her ultimately running, and romping, without hind shoes. Keeping her shoes–if not entirely her composure–firmly intact prior to Sunday's Classic fixture at Woodbine, the filly appeared to sprout wings in the stretch, cruising to an eye-catching seven-length victory over the Mark Casse-trained pair of Hall of Dreams (Lemon Drop Kid) and Sir For Sure (Sligo Bay {Ire}).

“There are a lot of emotions leading up to this race,” said winning trainer Kevin Attard, who was celebrating his first Queen's Plate. “It is something that I have cherished a long time while I was growing up. I decided I wanted to be the best and I think this puts me in a special group of trainers. It's a dream come true.”

With the weather in the Toronto area flitting between sparkling to threatening in equal measure in the 48 hours leading up to the Plate, the early part of the card was greeted with a mixture of sun and clouds, albeit ample humidity. However, in the moments leading up to the race, the weather turned decidedly more menacing as a wall of black clouds loomed in the distance.

After her Oaks debacle when the filly lost a shoe and bent the other one, prompting the last-minute decision to run minus hind shoes, Attard decided to switch up the game plan this time, keeping his stable star confined to Woodbine's indoor saddling enclosure while the other 10 sophomores assumed their customary spots in the outside paddock under the sweeping willows. Removed from much of the hoopla of a big race day, Moira still became slightly edgy while having a tongue tie fitted and bit later while stepping onto the track.

“She saddled really well. And I didn't want to put on the [tongue tie] at the barn because it's such a long post parade and it drags out and it was hot weather, so I decided to do it in the paddock,” Attard explained. “When I school her, she's been great. But today she was being a little bit difficult, the crowd got her a little wound up. We got that on her, and I could see when she was walking out to the track that she was getting a little bit edgy. She knew today was a different day. But the beauty of it is, considering all of her [antics], she still stays mentally focused and she knows that she still has a job to do. That's what defines her as a good horse.”

Breaking from post 8, Moira was quickly tucked in by Rafael Hernandez, who also had the option to ride narrowly favored GIII Marine S. winner Rondure (Oxbow), however, opted to stay with the 9-5 filly. She drafted inside horses near the back of the field, rating kindly as 14-1 chance The Minskter (English Channel) led the way over Ironstone (Mr Speaker) and Sir For Sure through a sensible :23.75 quarter. Still moving comfortably, about seven lengths behind the pace, through a half in :47.58, the $150,000 Keeneland September graduate started to pick up the tempo leaving the backstretch but appeared to hit another gear approaching the quarter pole. As Ironstone took a slight edge over The Minskter, Moira was gobbling up real estate on the outside, taking control straightening for home. From there, it was just a question of how far as the filly sprinted clear. While receiving several right-handed reminders from Hernandez in the stretch, she strolled home the easiest of winners, galloping out with as much zest and authority as she had in the body of the race.

“It's unbelievable,” said Hernandez, who teamed with fellow Adena Springs product Shaman Ghost (Ghostzapper) to win the 2015 Plate. “You know, with good horses, you can get out of trouble so quick and always get a second, or third gear like her. Sit off, save ground, and when you want to get out of the horses in front of you, you just move out, and she gave me everything. She gave me another gear, and when we turned for home, she was unbelievable. She's something else. She is so special.”

Hernandez, emotional after the win, gave tribute to his family, headed by his late grandmother.

“This win is for her,” he said. “My whole my family enjoyed the moment. It's unbelievable for me, because this is home.  [Canada] is home now and to be the first one for Kevin, it makes it so special.”

After 10 previous tries, Attard, who finished third with H C Holiday in 2021, recorded his best finish previously with Alezzandro, runner-up in the 2007 renewal. Attard is the son of longtime Woodbine horseman Tino Attard, and the nephew of Sid Attard, who saddled Shamateur (Shaman Ghost) in this year's Plate.

“Being in this business, the amount of time I spend at the barn, my family sacrifices a lot.” Attard admitted. “For them to be there and to share in that moment, it means a lot.”

Simmering with the raw emotion of the moment, he added, “My dad put me in this position. He taught me everything I know. He sacrificed part of his career to put me in a position to succeed, he gave up part of his business and started taking a back seat to me, so I can't thank him enough. I love him so much. I wouldn't be here with him obviously.”

With the win, Moira became the eighth filly to notch the Oaks-Plate double, joining the likes of Dance Smartly, Flaming Page, Holy Helena, Inglorious and Lexie Lou.

Making of Moira

The Attard team showed their hand early when deciding to debut the filly in the 1 1/16-mile Princess Elizabeth S. at Woodbine last October, and she obliged with an emphatic 4 1/4-length score at 4-1. No secret the next time at even-money odds, Moira came up a half-length short to eventual Sovereign winner Mrs. Barbara (Bodemeister) over a rain-logged surface in the GIII Mazarine S., and concluded the season among nominees for a divisional championship. Dusted off for her 3-year-old season, she came from off the pace to annex the seven-furlong Fury S. June 11 before blowing the doors off in the July 24 Woodbine Oaks over nine panels.

“We were getting her ready in the spring, and we were having difficulty getting her ready for her first race at two turns, so we decided the Fury was going to be her first race back,” recalled Attard. “I talked to [co-owner] Donato [Lanni] and told him I'd like to run her in the Fury and sit on her until the Oaks. I would have her ready for the Oaks and that would give us four weeks until the Plate. It'll be the third race off the shelf and she will be a fresh horse.”

Now a winner of the first leg in Canada's Triple Crown, the second jewel–the Sept. 13 Prince of Wales S. at Fort Erie–beckons.

“I think she's an improving filly,” he said. “I don't think we've reached the bottom of her yet.”

“Honestly, we have not discussed past this race. We'll enjoy this money and we'll sit down and decide what's next.”

He continued, “As a local trainer, obviously I'd love to put my name down beside a Triple Crown horse if I could. But there are a lot of people involved, so we'll have to discuss it, but to have a Triple Crown horse would be special.”

'X' Marks the Spot

The ownership group behind the Queen's Plate winner, while diverse, holds as much Canadian flavor as Moira herself. Stewarding the partnership is Donato Lanni, very well known in racing circles south of the border. As one of the principal buyers behind the powerhouse arsenal that often find their way into Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's barn, Lanni, a Montreal native, came up with the idea to unite a group of Canadian-based friends and form X-Men Racing. Also brought into the fold were other household names in U.S. racing–Madaket Stables and SF Racing–who are part of the Classic colt-focused partnership Lanni buys for nicknamed The Avengers.

“We put a fund together and we bought a dozen horses and she was one of them,” explained Lanni, who fielded a congratulatory phone call from Baffert in the moments leading up to meeting the press. “They're all guys that are in the horse business, some of them in the Standardbred business. But what they all have in common, besides being friends with me, is that they're all lucky. They have won many of the biggest races in harness racing, every major Standardbred race. They've been very lucky guys. So, I decided to put together guys that I like, and they had to be lucky.

“She stayed at Margaux Farm, in Kentucky over the winter. We took our time, we didn't rush her, never thought we'd be here today. But when you buy them, that's what you dream about.

“She is an unassuming filly. You would never look at her and think she's a freak, but she's got gears. She just takes off.

“We bought her during a COVID year, so there was really nobody there to buy Canadian breds. I didn't see anybody else really buying those, except maybe Mark Casse who would buy them. So we really got lucky with the price.”

Pedigree Notes:

Moira, who is one of 203 black-type winners for Horse of the Year Ghostzapper, is named after Catherine O'Hara's quirky character on the hit show Schitt's Creek.

Lanni explained, “[My wife] likes the character on Schitt's Creek, Moira Rose, but we never thought after we named her that she was going to be a bitch. And she fits the character.”

The $150,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase is out of two-time Gulfstream Park stakes winner and GSP Devine Aida, who is also responsible for multiple stakes-winning Jungle Cry (Animal Kingdom). Devine Aida is also responsible for an unraced 2-year-old full-brother to Moira named Runaway Charlie and Sir Prancealot (Ire) colt foaled earlier this season. She was bred back to Constitution.

Sunday, Woodbine, Canada
QUEEN'S PLATE S., C$1,001,200, Woodbine, 8-21, (C), 3yo,
1 1/4m (AWT), 2:01.48 (NTR), ft.
1–MOIRA, 121, f, 3, by Ghostzapper
              1st Dam: Devine Aida (MSW & GSP, $273,215), by
                               Unbridled's Song
              2nd Dam: Passion, by Came Home
              3rd Dam: Rajmata, by Known Fact
($150,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-X-Men Racing, Madaket Stables
LLC and SF Racing LLC; B-Adena Springs (ON); T-Kevin Attard;
J-Rafael Manuel Hernandez. C$600,000. Lifetime Record: GSP,
5-4-1-0, $902,128. *1/2 to Jungle Cry (Animal Kingdom), SW,
$114,340.
2–Hall of Dreams, 126, g, 3, Lemon Drop Kid–Hallnor, by Horse
Chestnut (Saf). ($27,000 RNA Ylg '20 FTKOCT). O-Gary Barber,
Wachtel Stable, Peter Deutsch and Leonard Schleifer; B-Joey
Gee Thoroughbreds (ON); T-Mark E. Casse. C$200,000.
3–Sir for Sure, 126, g, 3, Sligo Bay (Ire)–Serena's Rose, by My
Way Only. O-Heste Sport Inc.; B-Norse Ridge Farms (ON);
T-Mark E. Casse. C$100,000.
Margins: 7, 2, 1HF. Odds: 1.80, 16.65, 17.10.
Also Ran: Ironstone, Dancin in Da'nile, Rondure, Hunt Master, Duke of Love, The Minkster, Causin' Mayhem, Shamateur.
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