Woodbine Mile Post Positions Announced as Win & You're In Weekend at Woodbine Approaches

Exciting times on the Woodbine backstretch this morning as visiting horses in unfamiliar saddlecloths prepare for the upcoming Win & You're In weekend.

Irish shipper Elusive Galaxy will be a top contender in Saturday's Natalma Stakes


On Saturday, the two-year-olds take centre stage racing a mile on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course with nine fillies contesting the G3 Natalma Stakes and ten boys battling in the G3 Summer Stakes.

Field for the Natalma Stakes
1 Gitchee Goomie (NY)J R Leparoux 119 L Rice 7/2
2 Biofuel (KY) E R Da Silva 119 R Baker 10/1
3 Ernfold (ON) J McAleney 119 R Baker 8/1
4 Jungle Tale (FL)L Contreras 119 S M Asmussen 10/1
5 Show Me the Ring (ON)R A Dos Ramos 119 W Tharrenos 12/1
6 Elusive Galaxy (IRE) R Bejarano 119 G M Lyons 4/1
7 Mingun Miss (KY) M Moore 119 N Gonzalez 12/1
8 Redverse (KY) Jones 119 J Carroll 12/1
9 Bay to Bay (FL) D Clark 119 B A Lynch 5/2

Field for the Summer Stakes
1 Ruhtro (ON) C Fraser 122 M E Casse 4/1
2 Korvette Kid (KY) J McAleney 122 D J Vella 6/1
3 Personal Signal (KY)T Kabel 122 M O'Sullivan 20/1
4 Mobil Unit (ON) T Pizarro 122 M Keogh 12/1
5 Benestar (KY) P Husbands 122 D J Vella 12/1
6 Yesnabay (KY) A Smith 122 L Rivelli 8/1
7 Stormy Lord (ON) J Stein 122 I Black 5/2
8 Fantastico Roberto (IRE) C P DeCarlo 122 T A Pletcher 8/1
9 Becky's Kitten (KY) J R Leparoux 122 W A Ward 10/1
10 Bridgetown (FL) R C Landry 122 K G McPeek 10/1

Mark Casse's Ruthro is ready to rush in Saturday's Summer Stakes


Sunday's card features the $1M Woodbine Mile as defending champion Rahy's Attorney puts his crown on the line against Ventura, Bribon, Ferneley and a host of others tough milers.

Ventura went for a spin on the Woodbine poly this morning preparing for Sunday's Woodbine Mile


Post Positions for the Woodbine Mile with morning line odds.

PP/Horse/Odds
1 Sand Cove (Odds: 20-1)
2 Sterwins (Odds: 8-1)
3 Ferneley (Odds: 8-1)
4 Field Commission (Odds: 12-1)
5 Bribon (Odds: 5-2)
6 Daylight Express (Odds: 30-1)
7 Grand Adventure (Odds: 30-1)
8 Rahy’s Attorney (Odds: 9-2)
9 Ventura (Odds: 7-2)
10 Jungle Wave (Odds: 6-1)

Ferneley feeling fine for the Woodbine Mile


Sunday's undercard also has two additional turf Stakes events. The G2 Canadian Stakes and the G1 Northern Dancer Stakes.

The Northern Dancer is a particularly competitive mile and a half event as locals Marlang and Marchfield will bang heads with veteran turf warriors Champs Elysees, Just As Well, Marsh Side and Quijano. Musketier, Medjool, Cobotown Ron and Solitaire round out a tough ten-horse field.

Mike Matz sends out Princess Haya in the Canadian Stakes to take on the brilliant five-year-old mare Forever Together and Ontario-bred Dance to My Tune in a difficult seven horse field. Much Obliged, She's The Umpire, Points of Grace and Lomaki round out the group who will travel a mile and an eighth on the E.P Taylor turf course.

Champs Elysees was busy digging for carrots when I stopped by this morning. On Sunday, the champ hopes to be dining on a floral blanket.


A host of ship-in trainers will be represented this weekend including Linda Rice, Todd Pletcher, Wes Ward, Ken McPeek, Peter Schiergen and Robert Frankel.
Bay to Bay will be trying the Natalma Stakes


As well, we'll see an influx of import jockeys such as Julien Leparoux, Rafael Bejerano, Chris DeCarlo, Alan Garcia, Andrasch Starke and Garrett Gomez.

The photogenic Ginger Brew lives next door to Ventura currently under the care of Brian Lynch at Woodbine


It will be interesting to watch our local Woodbine talent match up against some very tough competition shipping in from across the continent and overseas.

I'll be posting more photos and a few picks for the events over the course of the weekend. For more photos, news and video be sure to check out the official Woodbine Mile website.