Simon Hopeful Twin City Can Deliver Futurity Victory

Twin City , trained and co-owned by Stuart Simon, will take aim at top prize in the CA$250,000 Coronation Futurity Nov. 6 at Woodbine.   

The 1 1/8-mile Tapeta event for Canadian-foaled 2-year-olds is a significant race on the road to the 164th running of the Queen's Plate, the first jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred racing. The $175,000 Autumn Stakes (G2), for 3-year-olds and up, is also part of the 10-race card.  

Simon, in search of his first Futurity triumph, will send out Twin City, a bay son of Klimt  . The bay, bred by Frank DiGiulio Jr., has one win and three seconds in four starts. 

The victory came in his most recent outing, a maiden special weight event at 1 1/16 miles over the Woodbine Tapeta. Under regular rider Gary Boulanger, Twin City tracked the pace before he took the lead and held on to win by a neck in 1:45.50. 

"He can be on or off the lead, a long way back, come between horses or go around... you can do whatever you want to do with him," said Simon. "Whatever the situation dictates, he's always up for the challenge. Last time, there was a horse going fast on the lead, and he tracked him and then took over the lead and shook off a couple of on-comers." 

Simon, who co-owns Twin City with Brent, Russell, and Roy McLellan, prefers to see the glass as half full when it comes to the narrow losses. 

"He's just really genuine and really smart," praised the multiple graded stakes-winning conditioner. "He's been a really nice, consistent horse. We've been very happy with all of his starts. Last time, it was nice to see him get rewarded. He does everything right." 

Other Coronation Futurity starters include trainer Kevin Attard's fivesome of Dream Jereem , Lookinassah , Philip My Dear , Renegade Serenade , and Velocitor . Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse sends out the trio of Battle Strike , Gran Spirited , and Stayhonor Goodside . Conditioner Michael De Paulo will saddle Cool Kiss  and J'adoro . 

Eleven horses, including Treason , will load into the gate for the Autumn Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on the Tapeta.

Owned by LNJ Foxwoods and MSK Racing Ventures, the 4-year-old son of Constitution   heads into the race off a monster effort at Woodbine Sept. 4. 

Sent off at 9-5 in the 1 1/16-mile allowance optional claiming race, Treason was 4 1/2 lengths in front after the first quarter, nine on top at the stretch call, and 16 1/2 ahead of his nearest rival at the wire. The final time over the Tapeta was a track record 1:41.51. 

"We liked him; he had been training well and we felt he would take to synthetic being a Constitution," said Jaime Roth of LNJ Foxwoods. "But no one can ever imagine that kind of performance. I was a little nervous when he broke because it seemed like he might be running off a little bit, but when he got into that beautiful stride, it was great to see. We were expecting a great effort, but definitely not like that." 

Trained by Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Josie Carroll, the bay, bred in Kentucky by Ramspring Farm, won at first asking last June in a mile turf race at Belmont Park, a 25-1 upset over firm ground for then-trainer Bill Mott. 

"We had gelded him and then gave him time before we sent him up to Josie," said Roth. "We really felt that having him gelded would be beneficial as it is in a lot of cases. He was a little tough to handle, so we knew that would be huge." 

Now, Treason, who worked four furlongs, breezing, in :51.80 over the Tapeta Oct. 31, will attempt to carry that momentum into his first stakes engagement, one Roth believes he is ready for. 

Entries: Glorious Song S.

Woodbine, Saturday, November 05, 2022, Race 7

• STK
• 7f
• All Weather Track
• $125,000
• 2 yo Fillies
• 4:53 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Anam Cara (ON)	David Moran	122	Sarah Ritchie	12/1
2	2Collect Dattt (ON)	Leo Salles	120	Kevin Attard	15/1
3	3Replenish (KY)	Emma-Jayne Wilson	118	Edward Vaughan	30/1
4	4Fearless Angel (KY)	Rafael Manuel Hernandez	120	Mark E. Casse	4/1
5	5Attabe (KY)	Justin Stein	118	Josie Carroll	12/1
6	6Dolce Sopresa (ON)	Luis Contreras	118	Josie Carroll	12/1
7	7Firing Bullets (KY)	Sahin Civaci	122	Mark E. Casse	6/1
8	8Collecting Flatter (KY)	Kazushi Kimura	122	Josie Carroll	8/1
9	9Helluva Holiday (KY)	Skye Chernetz	118	David Cotey	30/1
10	10Ticker Tape Home (ON)	Patrick Husbands	120	Mark E. Casse	3/1
11	11Forever Dixie (KY)	Patrick Husbands	120	Mark E. Casse	12/1
12	12Witch Hazel (ON)	Eswan Flores	120	Katerina Vassilieva	20/1
13	13Play the Music (KY)	Declan Carroll	120	Mark E. Casse	12/1
14	14Michele M. (FL)	Jack Gilligan	120	Rodolphe Brisset	20/1