Transitioning to the grass off a 14 1/4-length maiden victory against the boys over the Arlington Polytrack July 21, FAIR MAIDEN (f, 2, Street Boss–Shieldmaiden, by Smart Strike) turned Saturday's Catch A Glimpse S. into a one-horse affair, streaking home by an eyecatching seven lengths. The 3-1 joint-second choice to the previously unbeaten My Dear Girl S. winner Fast Scene (Fast Anna), Fair Maiden was content to sit about three lengths off the free-wheeling 6-5 favorite for the opening 3 1/2 furlongs before cutting into the margin approaching the entry to the long Woodbine straight. Able to sustain her momentum in upper stretch, Fair Maiden tackled Fast Scene with better than a furlong to travel and careered away to stamp herself as one of the ones to beat for next month's GI Natalma S. Fast Scene faded to fourth. The 36th stakes winner for her sire, Fair Maiden counts 2000 GI Mother Goose S. winner and GI Alabama S. runner-up Secret Status (A.P. Indy) as her third dam. Shieldmaiden changed hands for $30,000 when in foal to Animal Kingdom at Keeneland November in 2017 and most recently delivered a colt by Passion for Action.
CATCH A GLIMPSE S., C$104,600, Woodbine, 8-17, 2yo, f,
6 1/2fT, 1:15.64, yl.
1–FAIR MAIDEN, 118, f, 2, by Street Boss
1st Dam: Shieldmaiden, by Smart Strike
2nd Dam: Code Book, by Giant's Causeway
3rd Dam: Secret Status, by A.P. Indy
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-Godolphin LLC (KY); T-Eoin G.
Harty; J-Emma-Jayne Wilson. C$60,000. Lifetime Record:
3-2-1-0, $69,210.
2–Western Taffy, 118, f, 2, Candy Ride (Arg)–Western Rose, by
Gone West. O-Chiefswood Stable; B-Chiefswood Stables
Limited (ON); T-Mark E. Casse. C$24,000.
3–Saratoga Vision, 117, f, 2, Court Vision–Unchecked, by
Unbridled. ($4,500 Ylg '18 FTKOCT). O/T-Alexander P.
Patykewich; B-Charles Fipke (KY); C$11,000.
Margins: 7HF, HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 3.10, 3.10, 16.55.
Also Ran: Fast Scene, Muskoka Dancer, The Good Witch, Take Charge Eh.
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