Last-Out Maiden Winners Galore in Mazarine

Five last-out maiden winners hope to capture graded credentials Oct. 4 in the $150,000 Mazarine Stakes (Can-III) for 2-year-old fillies at Woodbine.

Ivan Dalos' Gamble's Ghost has been tagged as the commanding morning-line favorite at 4-5 and the Ghostzapper   filly is the only Mazarine entrant with graded experience. She was second to Catch a Glimpse as the 3-2 favorite in the Sept. 12 Natalma Stakes (Can-IIT) last time out on the Woodbine turf course, but returns to the synthetic main train for the 1 1/16-mile Mazarine.

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Gamble's Ghost, trained by Josie Carroll, broke her maiden on the Woodbine Polytrack at seven furlongs Aug. 14, when she closed mightily from eighth to win by 8 1/4 lengths.

Debut winner Garavogue Colleen, listed at 10-1, is the only other filly in the field with two-turn experience. The gray or roan daughter of Sligo Bay   stalked and pounced in her first and only start, a 1 1/16-mile off-the-turf contest at Woodbine she won by 3 1/4 lengths.

All but Gamble's Ghost are entering off maiden-breaking wins.

Sam-Son Farm's Swoop and Strike, a daughter of Smart Strike   trained by Malcolm Pierce, broke through at first asking going seven furlongs at Woodbine and is the 3-1 second choice on the morning line. Third choice at 9-2 is stakes-placed Conquest Soprano, who has never finished worse than third in five starts but finally broke through with a neck victory, also at seven furlongs on the Woodbine synthetic surface.

Second-out winner Audacious Bear (12-1) and debut maiden claiming victress Allwehaveisnow (20-1) complete the field.