Curlin's Voyage, Afleet Katherine Vie in Wonder Where

This year’s edition of the Canadian Triple Tiara comes to a conclusion when 10 3-year-old Canadian-bred fillies take to the turf in the $250,000 Wonder Where Stakes Oct. 25 at Woodbine.

Contested at about 1 1/4 miles, the Wonder Where drew sophomore stars Curlin's Voyage, winner of the Aug. 15 Woodbine Oaks presented by Budweiser, the first jewel in the series, and Afleet Katherine, the runner-up in both the Oaks and the second jewel, the Sept. 12 Bison City Stakes.

A bay daughter of Afleet Alex , Afleet Katherine, trained by Kevin Attard, arrives at the Wonder Where off that second in the Bison City, a 1 1/16-mile test over the Woodbine synthetic track.

Sent off as the 4-5 choice, Afleet Katherine hopped leaving the gate before jockey Justin Stein settled her mid-pack in the eight-horse race. Hustled from the rail and sent two-wide into the final turn, she rallied and crossed the wire 4 3/4 lengths behind winner Mizzen Beau.

Bred and owned by Terra Racing Stable, the Ontario-bred will now make a return to the grass, the surface in which she contested her first two races. Both efforts came over the E.P. Taylor Turf Course and resulted in victories.

Dismissed at 29-1 in her career bow on July 5, Afleet Katherine rallied impressively to win by a neck at seven furlongs over firm going. She followed it up 20 days later with another late burst to win by a head at the same distance and on the same ground.   

“She got up in the nick of time both times,” said Attard, who is seeking his first Wonder Where crown. “She’s shown she’s a decent filly and we’ve been looking forward to this race for a while now."

The conditioner is also represented by Merveilleux. 

A daughter of Paynter , owned by Al and Bill Ulwelling, Merveilleux has a record of 2-3-1 from nine starts. She was third in the Woodbine Oaks and sixth in the Queen’s Plate and sheds blinkers on Sunday.

In the Wonder Where, Afleet Katherine will once again face Curlin’s Voyage, the chestnut daughter of Curlin  who fashions a record of 5-2-1 from 10 starts. 

A four-time stakes winner, the Josie Carroll trainee finished fifth to Mighty Heart (also trained by Carroll) in the Queen’s Plate Sept. 12. Owned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings and Windsor Boys Racing, she will be testing the turf for the first time under racing terms.

Ballrooms of Mars, Beyond Mybudget, Forty Zip, Gun Society, Justleaveitalone, Sansa's Vow, and She's a Dream round out the Wonder Where field.

Entries: Wonder Where S.

Woodbine, Sunday, October 25, 2020, Race 8

• STK
• About 1 1/4m
• Turf
• $250,000
• 3 yo Fillies
• 4:45 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1She's a Dream (ON)	Luis Contreras	121	Josie Carroll	15/1
2	2Justleaveitalone (ON)	David Moran	121	Nicholas Gonzalez	20/1
3	3Gun Society (ON)	Kazushi Kimura	121	Roger L. Attfield	12/1
4	4Beyond Mybudget (ON)	Jerome Lermyte	121	Mark E. Casse	20/1
5	5Merveilleux (ON)	Rafael Manuel Hernandez	121	Kevin Attard	5/1
6	6Curlin's Voyage (ON)	Patrick Husbands	121	Josie Carroll	9/5
7	7Afleet Katherine (ON)	Justin Stein	121	Kevin Attard	5/2
8	8Ballrooms of Mars (ON)	Steven Ronald Bahen	121	Catherine Day Phillips	20/1
9	9Sansa's Vow (ON)	Daisuke Fukumoto	121	Josie Carroll	12/1
10	10Forty Zip (ON)	Emma-Jayne Wilson	121	Claude R. McGaughey III	8/1