Sunday June 14th at Woodbine Racetrack would see the first juvenile stakes event of 2009 with the 103rd running of the Victoria Stakes. Conditioner Greg De Gannes' first time starter Olredlgetcha would shock the fans with the upset victory at odds of 10-1, giving the conditioner back to back Victoria Stakes wins.
It was a lovely afternoon at the Toronto oval, sun shining, cool breeze and some very exciting racing, including the sixth race and first feature of the day, the Victoria Stakes. The five furlong sprint would have seven colts vying for their share of the $150,000 purse, including three out-of-towners. Unfortunately the lone filly in the race, Midst, was scratched, but that did not take away from the action on the track as, first time starter, Olredlgetcha, surprised everyone with a huge open length score.
At the break from the gate, Dant would be on top, out of the two hole, with Fearless Cowboy and ship-in favorite Liquid Fire right there with him. Dant would be overtaken just before the first quarter by Fearless Cowboy with Olredlgetcha passing rivals to get into contention in third, while Liquid Fire would already fall off the leaders and begin his decent to the back of the pack. Coming out of the turn Fearless Cowboy would have a narrow lead on Dant and Olredlgetcha would begin making a charge for them roughly five lengths back, with jockey Emile Ramsammy laying down the left handed encouragement with authority. The duo would gain with every stride on the leaders, who were battling it out along the rail, whipping past them on the outside with amazing speed, by the time they reached the final sixteenth. Olredlgetcha would go on to win by three lengths in an all out drive in a time of :57.56, while Fearless Cowboy would win the fight for second over a tiring Dant, who would get to the wire in time before a fast closing pair in Sir Heart Throb and Bricklayer.
For full results to the 103rd running of the Victoria Stakes click here: http://www.equibase.com/static/chart/pdf/WO061409CAN6.pdf
Wow, bad weekend for picks. The ship-ins were no contest in this, and what happened to Johnny V. Must have had a better call elsewhere. Olredlgetcha looked like an older horse in the saddling area, poised, relaxed, just all around classy looking. We'll have to keep an eye on him, he may not be at Woodbine too long though, De Gannes will probably look elsewhere with him for future stakes.
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