Clarendon and Shady Well headline Woodbine’s Friday card
At 1h20, on October 7, 2021 • By WOODBINE
A pair of competitive $150,000 two-year-old stakes, the Clarendon Presented by HBPA of Ontario, and the Shady Well Presented by Pepsi, share the spotlight on Friday’s eight-race card at Woodbine.
Each set for 5 ½-furlongs over the Tapeta, the Clarendon and Shady Well, for Ontario-bred rookies, will be featured on Racing Light Live, to be broadcast from 7-9 p.m. on TSN.
The card also includes the final leg of the Woodbine Turf Endurance Series, which drew 11 hopefuls for the 1 ¾-mile marathon on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course.
Trainer Andrew Smith has cross-entered the filly Silent Resent in both stakes.
A dark bay daughter of Silent Name (JN), the dark bay, bred and owned by Joey Gee Thoroughbreds, made her debut on August 7th a winning one.
Sent on her way at 14-1, Silent Resent converted a head advantage at the stretch call of the six-furlong Tapeta race into a four-length win in 1:11.33.
“It was a nice win,” said Smith. “I’m not sure about the caliber of horses we beat, but she won quite easily. I thought she’d run a good race first time out because she had shown quite a bit in the morning.”
In her most recent start, the one-mile Victorian Queen Stakes contested on the Toronto oval’s Inner Turf, she finished sixth, six lengths back of the winner.
Trainer Katerina Vassilieva will send out first-time winner My Girl Sky in the Shady Well.
A daughter of graded stakes winner Dynamic Sky, My Girl Sky overcame a less-than-ideal start in her career bow on September 5th at Woodbine.
“She’s got a lot of heart and determination,” said Vassilieva. “She has that will to win. She had every excuse not to run well after having sort of been bumped at the break and missing a step. But she came flying home. I think she’s a gutsy filly and it’s worth taking a shot in a spot like this.”
The Shady Well is slated as race six. The Clarendon is scheduled as race seven on Friday’s 4:45 p.m. program.
