It was an incredible finish at Woodbine Racetrack today in the 56th edition of the Jacques Cartier Stakes. It came down to the wire in a blanket finish with the Julia Carey trainee, Disfunction, getting up just in time to capture the $150,000 event by a neck. Race eight on the card at Woodbine would be one to remember for the connections of five-year-old Disfunction. The dark bay gelding would start the race out of the one hole which would force him to force the pace early. With Stradivinsky taking command of the lead down the backstretch into the turn, Disfunction and Emile Ramsammy would be taken back, off the rail, to the outside going around the turn. Meanwhile upfront, the real battle would begin as Stradivinsky would be joined by rivals Field Commission and Shadowless at the top of the stretch. With Stradivinsky weakening on the inside, Field Commission and Shadowless would begin dueling past the eighth pole only to be joined by Disfunction, at the sixteenth pole, who was driving hard and would just get a neck in front of Shadowless before the wire. The time set by Disfunction would eclipse the old race record by one one-hundredth of a second at 1:08.62. Ramsammy would later say of the victory, "As the race unfolded they tried to keep me on the inside, but, we backed out nicely and I always thought this horse could be ridden from anywhere, not necessarily on the lead, as I didn't want press him or to exert him too much. Sitting behind with a quarter mile to run, I was happy, as I asked him for his big kick and he started motoring and persevered to be a nice winner." When asked to describe the winner in one word, the elated Ramsammy says, "Mental, Disfuntion is just mental."
For complete results to the 56th running of the Jacques Cartier Stakes click here: http://www.equibase.com/static/chart/pdf/WO042509CAN8.pdf
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