Juxtapose ready for Grade 2 Bessarabian test
At 0h02, on November 12, 2021 • By WOODBINE
Juxtapose, a four-year-old daughter of Verrazano-Aldara, goes after her first added-money win in Saturday’s Grade 2 $175,000 Bessarabian Stakes, at Woodbine.
The seven-furlong main track feature for fillies and mares, three-years-old and upward, has drawn nine starters, including Juxtapose.
Trained by Steve Owens, the Kentucky-bred heads into her second straight stakes date after notching a third in the Grade 3 Ontario Matron on October 10 at Woodbine.
That effort came after a seven-furlong grass win, the sixth victory of her career, on August 22 at Woodbine.
Sent off at 8-1, Juxtapose rallied from fourth at the stretch call to claim a head score over firm going on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course.
The dark bay brings a record of 6-0-3 from 13 starts into the Bessarabian for owners James Redekop and Stefan Ferrario.
“Juxtapose, she’s a nice little filly who tries hard every race,” praised Owens. “She’s a little difficult to train, but she gives 110 percent every time we take her out there in the afternoon.”
The Bessarabian is carded as race eight on Saturday’s 11-race program. First post is 12:55 p.m.
