Silent Poet Aims to Defend Highlander Stakes Title

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Photo: Michael Burns
Silent Poet captures the 2021 Highlander Stakes at Woodbine

The CA$200,000 Highlander Stakes (G2T) and CA$175,000 Nassau Stakes (G2T) share the spotlight July 2 at Woodbine.

Last year, Silent Poet  won the six-furlong Highlander. He returns to defend his title. In what will be his third race since last year's Highlander—all this year—Silent Poet is coming off a fifth-place finish in the Jacques Cartier Stakes (G3) on Woodbine's all-weather track. 

Among those looking to prevent Silent Poet from repeating is Sonata Stable's Arzak . The Not This Time   colt is coming off back-to-back wins in the Thorncliffe and the Jacques Cartier. In the Thorncliffe, Arzak beat Silent Poet by 3 1/4 lengths. Tap It to Win , another Highlander contender, finished 1 1/2 lengths back in the Jacques Cartier.

Jockey Kazushi Kimura guides Dreaming of Drew to victory in the $100,000 Belle Mahone Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. Dreaming of Drew is owned by Hollie Racing Stable LLC, and Madaket Stables LLC and trained by Barbara Minshall. Dreaming of Drew covered the 1 1/16 miles in 1.44.
Photo: Michael Burns
Dreaming of Drew takes the Belle Mahone Stakes at Woodbine

Meanwhile, the one-mile Nassau for fillies and mares 4 and upward features Speightster  's daughter Dreaming of Drew . The 4-year-old has won three of her last four starts with the May 8 Whimsical Stakes (G3) the outlier. She also has a fourth-place showing in the 2020 Natalma Stakes (G1T). She did not race as a 3-year-old.

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The race also presents another opportunity for Plum Ali  and Our Flash Drive  to improve upon their last time out when they both ran the Beaugay Stakes (G3T) at Belmont Park where they finished seventh and second, respectively. 


Entries: Highlander S. (G2T)

Woodbine, Saturday, July 02, 2022, Race 10

  • Grade IIT
  • 6f
  • Turf
  • $200,000
  • 4 yo's & up
  • 5:52 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Turned Aside (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Emma-Jayne Wilson 121 Mark E. Casse 12/1
2 2Voodoo Zip (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Dylan Davis 121 Christophe Clement 7/2
3 3Chuck Willis (IRE) David Moran 121 Mark E. Casse 10/1
4 4Into the Sunrise (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Patrick Husbands 121 Mark E. Casse 10/1
5 5Tap It to Win (FL) Rafael Manuel Hernandez 123 Mark E. Casse 8/1
6 6White Flag (KY) Daisuke Fukumoto 121 Roger L. Attfield 20/1
7 7Silent Poet (ON) Justin Stein 126 Nicholas Gonzalez 10/1
8 8Elektronic (NY) Eswan Flores 121 Desmond Maynard 20/1
9 9Olympic Runner (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Antonio A. Gallardo 124 Mark E. Casse 12/1
10 10Bound for Nowhere (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Pablo Morales 124 Wesley A. Ward 5/2
11 11Arzak (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Kazushi Kimura 123 Michael J. Trombetta 5/1


Entries: Nassau S. (G2T)

Woodbine, Saturday, July 02, 2022, Race 8

  • Grade IIT
  • 1m
  • Turf
  • $175,000
  • 4 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 4:48 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Peace Seeker (FL) Eswan Flores 118 Nicholas Nosowenko 20/1
2 2Lady Speightspeare (KY) Emma-Jayne Wilson 120 Roger L. Attfield 5/2
3 3Plum Ali (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Dylan Davis 120 Christophe Clement 9/2
4 4Crystal Cliffs (FR) Rafael Manuel Hernandez 120 H. Graham Motion 3/1
5 5Lady War Machine (KY) Justin Stein 120 Josie Carroll 20/1
6 6Perseverancia (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Daisuke Fukumoto 118 Darwin D. Banach 30/1
7 7Broadway Lady (KY) Antonio A. Gallardo 118 Mark E. Casse 20/1
8 8Our Flash Drive (FL) Patrick Husbands 122 Mark E. Casse 8/1
9 9La Libertee (KY) David Moran 118 Mark E. Casse 10/1
10 10Saratoga Vision (KY) Luis Contreras 118 Alexander P. Patykewich 30/1
11 11Dreaming of Drew (ON) Kazushi Kimura 120 Barbara J. Minshall 6/1