Play the Music Aims to Continue Hot Streak in Hendrie

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Photo: Woodbine/Michael Burns Photo
Play the Music wins the Royal North Stakes at Woodbine

Entering off consecutive graded victories, Glassman Racing's Play the Music  looks to keep her hot streak alive when she faces 11 fillies and mares July 6 in the $135,000 Hendrie Stakes (G3) at Woodbine.

The 4-year-old Mo Town   filly has been at the top of her game this season, winning four of her last five starts. Her most recent victories have given her the experience she will need for the Hendrie, with the May 4 Whimsical Stakes (G3) being conducted on synthetic and the June 1 Royal North Stakes (G3) covering 6 1/2 furlongs. Combining both aspects could lead her to victory for trainer Mark Casse.

Video: HPIbet Royal North S. (G3T)



Jim Bakke and Gerry Isbister's Honey Pants  is the only other graded winner in the field, thanks to her Jan. 14 Las Cienegas Stakes (G3T) score at Santa Anita Park. Since then, the 6-year-old Cairo Prince   mare left California and hit the board in two ungraded stakes.

Ronald Boone and Richard Tillema's Marissa's Lady  boasts the highest purse earnings in the field with $652,849, but is still in search of her first graded win. A six-time stakes winner, the Violence   mare makes her first trip north of the border off consecutive allowance defeats.

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A wild card in the field could be Reitman Stables' Freedom Speaks . The lightly raced 5-year-old American Freedom   mare boasts a solid record, with victory in the 2022 listed Music City Stakes, but has only raced once in the last 20 1/2 months, with that start coming 14 1/2 months ago.

The Hendrie is race 8 with post time at 4:59 p.m. ET.


Entries: Hendrie S. (G3)

Woodbine, Saturday, July 06, 2024, Race 8

  • Grade III
  • 6 1/2f
  • All Weather Track
  • $135,000
  • 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 4:59 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Awesome Treat (KY) Jose Luis Campos 122 Steve Attard 30/1
2 2Gal in a Rush (KY) Kazushi Kimura 122 Christophe Clement 3/1
3 3Ro Town (KY) Justin Stein 122 Kevin Attard 12/1
4 4Freedom Speaks (KY) Leo Salles 121 Jose Francisco D'Angelo 20/1
5 5Tequilera (KY) Sahin Civaci 122 Michael R. Matz 10/1
6 6Marissa's Lady (KY) Rafael Manuel Hernandez 123 William E. Morey 10/1
7 7Dolce Sopresa (ON) Sofia Vives 122 Josie Carroll 12/1
8 8Play the Music (KY) Patrick Husbands 125 Mark E. Casse 2/1
9 9Honey Pants (KY) Luis Contreras 123 Jonathan Thomas 6/1
10 10Unifying (KY) Emma-Jayne Wilson 123 Riley Mott 15/1
11 11Owen's Tour Guide (ON) Ryan Munger 122 W. V. Armata 20/1
12 12Baby No Worries (KY) Eswan Flores 122 Tim Girten 30/1