Jolie Olimpica Takes Nassau Over Firm Turf At Woodbine Sponsored by:
Jockey Luis Contreras guides Jolie Olimpica to victory in the Grade 2 Nassau at Woodbine.
Fox Hill Farm s Jolie Olimpica bested a field of a dozen distaffers to take the $175,000 Nassau, a one-mile Grade 2 stakes for fillies and mares four years old and up, featured on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario.
Making her Woodbine debut on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course, Jolie Olimpica stalked the pacesetter Honey Cake while racing outside of 2020 Nassau runner-up Another Time through fractions of :23.94, :47.63, and 1:10.69. The Brazilian-bred daughter of Drosselmeyer rallied three-wide on the turn and pulled ahead down the lane en route to victory in 1:34.83 over the firm course.
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Court Return and jockey Daisuke Fukumoto winning the $100,000 Eternal Search Stakes on Saturday, Aug. 22 at Woodbine Racetrack
Ivan Dalos stakes-winning homebred filly Court Return, beaten a neck in the E. P. Taylor (G1) last time out at Woodbine, will race south of the border for the first time in her career facing eight rivals in Saturday s $100,000 Via Borghese at Gulfstream Park.
The fifth running of the 1 3/16-mile Via Borghese for fillies and mares 3 and up on the grass serves as a supporting stake to the $100,000 Mr. Prospector (G3), which features a lineup led by Grade 1 winners Firenze Fire and Mind Control and defending champion Diamond Oops.
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