Carroll Seeks Back-to-Back Ontario Matron Wins

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Photo: Michael Burns
Gamble's Ghost wins the Trillium Stakes at Woodbine

Fresh off a victory in last month's Trillium Stakes (G3), Gamble's Ghost heads into the July 15 Ontario Matron Stakes (G3) in winning form for her connections, who are looking to repeat in the $125,000 race at Woodbine.

In the Trillium, Gamble's Ghost powered to victory off a ground-saving trip engineered by her regular rider, Eurico Rosa da Silva. A graded stakes winner each year of her career, Gamble's Ghost has also conquered the 2015 Mazarine Stakes (G3), 2016 Selene Stakes (G3), and 2017 Maple Leaf Stakes (G3) over two turns at Woodbine.

The 5-year-old Ghostzapper  mare has earned $653,160 with eight wins from 18 starts.

Gamble's Ghost's award-winning stablemate Ami's Mesa captured the 1 1/16-mile event last year for trainer Josie Carroll and owner/breeder Ivan Dalos.

Carroll also won the Ontario Matron in 2009 with Smart Surprise, owned by Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, which has that mare's graded stakes-winning daughter Moonlit Promise as a contender this year. Co-owned by Windsor Boys Racing, Moonlit Promise enters the Ontario Matron off top-three finishes in the grade 3 Whimsical and Hendrie sprints at Woodbine.

Whimsical winner and Hendrie runner-up Let It Ride Mom joins stablemates My Arch Enemy and Malibu Bonnie to give leading trainer and Canadian Hall of Famer Mark Casse three chances in the race.


Entries: Ontario Matron S. (G3)

Woodbine, Sunday, July 15, 2018, Race 8

  • Grade III
  • 1 1/16m
  • All Weather Track
  • $125,000
  • 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 5:00 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Grizzel (IRE) David Moran 119 Michael J. Doyle 8/1
2 2Moonlit Promise (KY) Rafael Manuel Hernandez 117 Josie Carroll 7/2
3 3My Arch Enemy (KY) Gary Boulanger 117 Mark E. Casse 6/1
4 4Sister Nation (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Luis Contreras 117 Michael P. De Paulo 12/1
5 5Malibu Bonnie (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jerome Lermyte 117 Mark E. Casse 20/1
6 6Daddy's Great Bay (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Kazushi Kimura 117 Gordon C. Colbourne 20/1
7 7Gamble's Ghost (ON) Eurico Rosa Da Silva 124 Josie Carroll 2/1
8 8Just Be Kind (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Steven Ronald Bahen 117 Reade Baker 20/1
9 9Let It Ride Mom (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Patrick Husbands 119 Mark E. Casse 3/1