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Souper Stonehenge Super Again In Vigil At Woodbine

For the second time in two races, Souper Stonehenge got the better of Pink Lloyd, taking the Grade 3 Vigil Stakes at Woodbine Race Track in Toronto, Ontario. Souper Stonehenge had ended Pink Lloyd's run of consecutive victories in the Jacques Cartier in their last meeting and got the better of the Sovereign Award-winning sprinter again Sunday.

Trained by Mark Casse, Souper Stonehenge took the lead early in the six-furlong sprint, striding out to lead by a length over Green Light Go and Not So Quiet, with Pink Lloyd sitting back in fifth. Around the race's only turn, Pink Lloyd got shuffled back to last as Green Light Go tired, Rafael Hernandez taking the 9-year-old gelding between horses as they entered the stretch. Souper Stonehenge maintained an easy lead throughout, but Patrick Husbands saw that advantage shrinking as Pink Lloyd made his run down the center of the track.

Souper Stonehenge's lead was too much for four-time Vigil winner Pink Lloyd, though, as the Live Oak gelding was three-quarters of a length in front at the wire. The final time for the G3 Vigil was 1:09.52. Not So Quiet was third, with Cash Dividend, Embolden, and Green Light Go rounding out the order of finish.

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Souper Stonehenge paid $2.70, $2.10, and $2.10. Pink Lloyd paid $2.70 and $2.10. Not So Quiet paid $2.80 to show.

Bred in Florida by owner Live Oak Plantation, Souper Stonehenge is a 5-year-old gelding by Speightstown out of the Medaglia d'Oro mare Onepointhreecarats. With his win in the G3 Vigil, Souper Stonehenge 2-1-1 in six starts in 2021, for a lifetime record of five wins in 16 starts and career earnings of $343,705.

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Souper Stonehenge Takes Jacques Cartier Stakes At Woodbine

Souper Stonehenge put an end to Pink Lloyd's Jacques Cartier reign as he took off down the stretch to claim the 2021 edition of the Grade 3 stakes event for sprinters 4 years old and up on Sunday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario.

Jockey Patrick Husbands teamed up with the Mark Casse trainee, who was the 3-2 second choice in the six-horse field.

After pressing the pace early on, Souper Stonehenge took command near the quarter pole from front-runner Readyforprimetime with splits of :22.72 and :44.93 flashing up on the board.

With Daisuke Fukumoto picking up the mount, four-time Jacques Cartier champ Pink Lloyd raced between horses at the back of the tightly knit bunch and surged into third on the turn, but Souper Stonehenge dashed home a four-length winner in 1:08.89 for six furlongs.

Pink Lloyd, who set the 1:08.05 track record in the 2018 edition of the Jacques Cartier, settled for second in his nine-year-old debut as the 6-5 favorite. Malibu Secret, last year's Jacques Cartier runner-up, came through inside to finish third while Joker On Jack, Readyforprimetime, and Dixie's Gamble rounded out the order of finish.

Souper Stonehenge returned $5 to win and $2.70 t0 place. There was no show wagering. The five-year-old Speightstown gelding, who finished third in the Grade 1 Carter Handicap at Aqueduct in early April, earned his first win of the year from five starts.

“Going into this race, I breezed this horse about four times and I think he's a world-beater at Woodbine,” said Husbands. “This horse is the real deal right now.

“I rode him as the best horse in the race. I respect 'The Boss.' Any time you can beat Pink Lloyd at Woodbine Racetrack, especially sprinting, he's the world-beater, he's the champion here. So I knew it would take a real Pink Lloyd to beat this horse today.”

Souper Stonehenge, who finished second in last year's Grade 2 Kennedy Road Stakes at Woodbine ahead of Pink Lloyd, now sports a career record reading 4-4-1 from 15 starts. The lion's share of the $150,000 purse boosted his bankroll over the $300,000 mark for owner/breeder Live Oak Plantation.

Husbands, who won 70 races including 10 stakes during last year's shortened season, was pleased to land the connections a stakes victory after the pandemic delayed the start of the meet.

“It's amazing to be back at Woodbine – it's a beautiful place, a good environment,” said the veteran reinsman. “It's amazing how much stress the owners went through, through the pandemic. They waited so long, putting all this money into these horses and they didn't know when the races were going to start. You've got to tip your hat off to the owners.”

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Mischevious Alex, Mind Control Meet In Aqueduct’s Carter Handicap

Cash is King and LC Racing's Mischevious Alex will look to break through at the highest level in Saturday's Grade 1, $300,000 Carter Handicap, a seven-furlong sprint for older horses at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y.

The historic Carter is the first Grade 1 of 2021 on the NYRA circuit as part of a loaded five-stakes card headlined by the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino, offering 100-40-20-10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top-four finishers.

Also featured Saturday are a trio of Grade 3 stakes, including the $250,000 Gazelle at nine furlongs for sophomore fillies offering 100-40-20-10 Kentucky Oaks qualifying points; the $200,000 Bay Shore, a seven-furlong sprint for sophomores; and the $150,000 Excelsior at nine furlongs for older horses.

Mischevious Alex, a 4-year-old Into Mischief colt trained by Saffie Joseph, Jr., won the one-turn mile Grade 3 Gotham at Aqueduct and seven-furlong Grade 3 Swale at Gulfstream Park last year for former conditioner John Servis.

The versatile dark bay is perfect in two starts since joining the Joseph, Jr. stable, including a prominent score in the Grade 3 Gulfstream Park Sprint on February 13 last out traveling six furlongs on a fast track.

Joseph, Jr. said Mischevious Alex has proven his ability over multiple distances and tracks.

“I feel pretty confident with him at six furlongs. He's won at seven furlongs and he's won over that track already at a mile,” said Joseph, Jr. “I like that he's won on the track and I think seven furlongs is well within his reach.”

Irad Ortiz, Jr., winner of the last three Eclipse Awards for Outstanding Jockey, will have the call on Mischevious Alex from post 4. The 28-year-old Ortiz, Jr. enjoyed a tremendous winter at Gulfstream with a record-setting 140 wins at the championship meet.

Joseph, Jr. said the accomplished jockey will have plenty of options to find a winning trip.

“He's very versatile,” said Joseph, Jr of Mischevious Alex. “If they're going slow enough, he could be on the lead. If not, he's very rateable for a horse with a lot of speed.”

Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables' Mind Control will look to add a fourth Grade 1 win at a third NYRA track following previous success in the 2018 Hopeful at Saratoga, the 2019 Woody Stephens at Belmont and the 2019 H. Allen Jerkens at Saratoga.

The 5-year-old Stay Thirsty horse has enjoyed past success at the Big A, where he is 4-for-5, including scores in the 2019 Grade 3 Bay Shore and last year's Grade 3 Toboggan and Grade 3 Tom Fool Handicap.

Mind Control finished third last out in the Grade 3 Mr. Prospector, a seven-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and up won by Sleepy Eyes Todd on December 19 at Gulfstream Park.

Junior Alvarado has the call from the inside post.

Michael Dubb's Chateau is the likely pacesetter after making the grade last out in the Grade 3 Tom Fool Handicap, a six-furlong sprint on March 6 at the Big A that garnered the 6-year-old Flat Out gelding a career-best 100 Beyer Speed Figure.

Trained by Rob Atras, Chateau boasts a record of 7-9-8 from 33 career starts but has never won past 6 1/2-furlongs.

Chateau worked a swift four furlongs in 49.49 on March 20 over the Belmont dirt training track and followed with an easy half-mile in 51.66 on Saturday.

“He's coming off just shy of a month between starts,” said Atras. “He's run his best performances when we were about six or seven weeks in between races, so a month isn't too bad. You would like to have more time off after such a big performance like his last race, but his last two works were good, and he came out of the Tom Fool pretty well.”

Kendrick Carmouche retains the mount from post 5.

Grandview Equine, Cheyenne Stables and LNJ Foxwoods' Shoplifted is multiple Grade 1-placed, posting a runner-up effort in the one-mile 2019 Hopeful at Saratoga and last year was the third-place finisher traveling seven furlongs in both the Woody Stephens at Belmont and H. Allen Jerkens at the Spa.

The 4-year-old Into Mischief colt has banked $527,000 via a record of 11-2-2-3, including a win in the 2019 Springboard Mile at Remington Park. Shoplifted finished second last out in his seasonal debut when bested by next-out winner Special Reserve in an optional-claiming sprint on February 6 over a sloppy track at Oaklawn Park.

Shoplifted will emerge from post 3 under Jose Ortiz.

Rounding out the field is Live Oak Plantation's homebred Souper Stonehenge. Trained by Hall of Famer Mark Casse, the 5-year-old Speightstown gelding will make his Big A debut from a runner-up effort in the six-furlong Pelican on February 13 at Tampa Bay Downs.

Tyler Gaffalione will guide Souper Stonehenge from post 2.

The Carter is slated as Race 6 on Saturday's 11-race program. First post is 12:50 p.m. Eastern.

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Extravagant Kid Back To Defend Title In Sunshine Sprint At Gulfstream

DAARS Inc.'s Extravagant Kid, one of the most accomplished turf sprinters in the country the past few years, will return to dirt Saturday, when the versatile 8-year-old gelding makes a title defense in the $75,000 Sunshine Sprint at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

The Sunshine Sprint, a six-furlong dash for 4-year-olds and up, is one of four stakes for Florida-breds on Saturday's 12-race program with an 11:45 a.m. first-race post time. All four stakes will offer a $25,000 win-only bonus for Florida Sire Stakes-eligible starters.

Extravagant Kid, who was claimed by David Ross' DAARS Inc. and trainer Brendan Walsh for $75,000 out of a Jan. 18, 2017 optional claiming allowance score at Gulfstream, captured last year's Sunshine Sprint by 2 ¾ lengths.

“He's been a fantastic horse right from when we got him. He hasn't put a foot wrong at any point. His consistency speaks for itself. He was a great claim for Mr. (David) Ross,” Walsh said. “I was just looking at this form. It's unbelievable. He very, very rarely doesn't run up to par. I think there's only one or two days where we leave disappointed. He's been right there.”

Extravagant Kid, a Grade 1 stakes-placed son of Kiss the Kid, finished second back to back on turf in the Twin Spires Turf (G2) at Churchill Downs and the Woodford (G2) at Keeneland before finishing fourth in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1), in which he was beaten just over a length by victorious Glass Slippers, at Keeneland. He came back to finish a troubled second, beaten a head by Imprimis, in the Jan. 1 Janus, a five-furlong turf sprint, at Gulfstream. Last year, Extravagant Kid prepped for the Sunshine Sprint with a victory in the off-the-turf Janus.

“He won this race last year off a sharp race after winning the Janus, which we were just punched off in New Year's Day. I know we got beat in the Janus, but we weren't beaten that far. I hope we can follow up this year,” Walsh said. “The horse seems to have come out of the race good. He's a horse that when he's doing well, you run him, and he won't let you down.”

While Walsh stated a belief that Extravagant Kid is slightly better on turf, he hardly lacks confidence when the veteran campaigner goes from turf to dirt.

“He's been a pretty good dirt horse, as well. We went turf and Polytrack. It's kept him around. He won this race last year with a little bit in hand. He also won a pretty good race in March 2019. He beat Firenze Fire in a Florida-bred stake at Tampa,” Walsh said. “He works all the time on dirt. We don't work him much on grass.”

Tyler Gaffalione, who was aboard for his 2020 Sunshine Sprint win, has the call.

Live Oak Plantation's Souper Stonehenge will enter the Sunshine Sprint off a second-place finish in the Nov. 21 Kennedy Road (G2) over Woodbine's synthetic surface. The 5-year-old son of Speightstown finished 1 ¼ lengths behind stablemate Ride a Comet, who came back to win last weekend's Tropical Park Turf (G3) at Gulfstream.

“He's a truly nice horse. He's shown on occasions that he could be a really nice horse. He's had some issues with his air. He's had a surgery or two on it. Right now, he's doing really well and is training really well,” trainer Mark Casse said. “His last race was flattered by Ride a Comet's race the other day for sure.”

Souper Stonehenge broke his maiden over Gulfstream Park's main track March 23, 2019, winning a six-furlong maiden special weight event by 10 ¼ lengths.

“The only thing he hasn't show too much of a kindness for is turf, but in fairness to him, the last time I ran him on turf, it was his first start off a layoff,” Casse said.

Hall of Famer John Velazquez is scheduled to ride Souper Stonehenge for the first time Saturday.

My Purple Haze Stables LLC's Heiressall is scheduled to clash with males in the Sunshine Sprint. The multiple stakes-winning daughter of Wildcat Heir is coming off a 3 ¼-length victory over older fillies and mares in a Florida-bred stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.

Terri Pompay-trained Heiressall, who won the Sheer Drama Stakes in her most recent start at Gulfstream, will be ridden by Edgard Zayas.

Michele and Lawrence Sargent's Legal Deal and Tracy Pinchin's Jackson, and Eric J. Wirth's With Verve, who finished 1-2-3 in the Sunshine Sprint Preview at Gulfstream Park West, are slated to clash again Saturday.

Shadybrook Farm Inc.'s Cajun Brother, Santa Rosa Racing Stables' Inter Miami, and Jacks or Better Farm Inc.'s Old Time Revival round out the field.

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