Gote Go Set For Stakes Debut in Selene

The CA$150,000 Selene Stakes (G3) and the CA$125,000 Fury Stakes share the spotlight July 10 at Woodbine.  

A key prep on the road to this year's Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser Aug. 1, the Selene Stakes for sophomore fillies has attracted a pair of Canadian-breds—Il Malocchio  (cross-entered in the Fury) and Munnyfor Ro —who could contest the CA$500,000 Oaks.

Vying for top honors in the 1 1/16 mile Selene is William Harrigan's homebred Gote Go , a daughter of Street Boss.

Trained by dual Hall of Fame inductee Roger Attfield, the Kentucky-bred Gote Go will be making her first stakes appearance and fifth start at Woodbine. She broke her maiden over the all-weather main track last November.

"I'm excited," said Harrigan. "She's running in her first graded stakes and I hope it won't be her last."

The chestnut filly, who sports a mark of 2-1-0 from seven races, arrives at the Selene off an impressive two-length triumph in a 1 1/16-mile turf engagement at Churchill Downs June 5.

"I've known her since she was a foal," stated Harrigan. "We put her through a yearling sale, the July Fasig-Tipton Sale, and I didn't get what I wanted, so we bought her back. I brought her down to Payson Park—I go there every winter with the 2-year-olds—and we had her in a 2-year-old sale. That was the year the 2-year-old sales were off because of COVID, so we took her out of the sale. I brought her back up here to Keeneland and trained her for a few weeks. I sent her to Roger. I told him, 'Roger, most horses that come out of those 2-year-olds sales need time off, but this one doesn't. Treat her like she's yours and onward you go.'"

Harrigan hopes Saturday's effort is Gote Go's best one yet. 

"She broke her maiden at Woodbine and then we gave her some time off. I told Roger we shouldn't worry about a horse that just won—let's have a good year next year. That's what we did. He brought her along and here we are today. We're glad to be in there with a chance, and I'm excited to have a horse I bred in there, in Roger's hands."   

California Lily , Our Flash Drive , Sweet Souper Sweet , and Danger  are also set to go postward in the 68th running of the Selene.

Entries: Selene S. (G3)

Woodbine, Saturday, July 10, 2021, Race 7

• Grade III
• 1 1/16m
• All Weather Track
• $150,000
• 3 yo Fillies
• 4:21 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Gote Go (KY)	Steven Ronald Bahen	120	Roger L. Attfield	2/1
2	2California Lily (KY)	Rafael Manuel Hernandez	120	Mark E. Casse	3/1
3	3Our Flash Drive (FL)	Patrick Husbands	118	Mark E. Casse	7/2
4	4Il Malocchio (ON)	Kazushi Kimura	118	Martin Drexler	6/1
5	5Sweet Souper Sweet (FL)	Luis Contreras	118	Michael J. Trombetta	10/1
6	6Danger (KY)	Emma-Jayne Wilson	118	Mark E. Casse	15/1
7	7Munnyfor Ro (ON)	Justin Stein	118	Kevin Attard	8/1

Lorena Aims for Third Straight Score in Fury

The Selene is complemented by the Fury Stakes, a seven-furlong race for 3-year-old Canadian-bred fillies over the main track. The Fury is also an important fixture ahead of the Oaks.

Lorena , a daughter of Souper Speedy  , will look to remain undefeated in Saturday's contest.

The speedy dark bay, trained and co-owned by Stuart Simon, was impressive in her debut last November at Woodbine, romping home a 7 1/2-length winner. In her 2021 debut, Lorena again turned heads, flashing a gate to wire score in an optional claimer only three ticks off the track record at the Toronto oval June 19.

Brent and Russell McLellan and former jockey Gerry Olguin are the other co-owners of Lorena.

Curlin's Catch , winner of this year's Suncoast Stakes, returns to Woodbine where she contested the first two races of her career for trainer Mark Casse. Victorian Queen stakes champ Il Malocchio, El Bayern , last year's Muskoka Stakes winner, Bodacious Miss , Owen's Tour Guide , and Astrological  round out the field.

Entries: Fury S.

Woodbine, Saturday, July 10, 2021, Race 9

• STK
• 7f
• All Weather Track
• $125,000
• 3 yo Fillies
• 5:22 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Bodacious Miss (ON)	Justin Stein	118	Steven Owens	8/1
2	2Owen's Tour Guide (ON)	Ademar Santos	118	W. V. Armata	10/1
3	3Il Malocchio (ON)	Patrick Husbands	122	Martin Drexler	7/2
4	4Curlin's Catch (ON)	Rafael Manuel Hernandez	122	Mark E. Casse	5/2
5	5Lorena (ON)	Gary Boulanger	118	Stuart C. Simon	2/1
6	6El Bayern (ON)	Sheena Ryan	122	Michael Mattine	15/1
7	7Astrological (ON)	Emma-Jayne Wilson	118	Mark E. Casse	6/1