Filo Di Arianna This summer’s early adopter looked like Canada’s top horse for the Ricoh Woodbine Mile (G1T) on September 17, having missed the race due to a minor injury, coach Mark Casse said. Honeysuckle public.
“The good news is we caught it very early on. He’s going to be fine,” Casse said.
The Hall of Fame coach is still represented by two participants in the CA $1 million race in Get Smokin (Odds 10-1 morning) and March to the Arch (12-1). Godolphin’s Modern game coached by Charlie Appleby, the favorite at 7-5.
The Woodbine Mile is one of three Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” competitions on Saturday at Woodbine. The race that served as a qualifier for the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile was presented by PDJF (G1T), a race that Casse won with Tepin in 2015 and Approval of the World two years later. Breeders’ Cup Mile this year is November 5 at Keeneland.
Physical setbacks kept Filo Di Arianna on the sidelines as he was brought to the US from his native Brazil, where he won three starts in 2019. Absent until 2021, con son of Drosselmeyer have since gone 4 to 6, capturing this year’s King Edward Stakes (G2T) and Connaught Cup Stakes (G2T) at Woodbine for owners Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable and Peter Deutsch. The 6-year-old won 7-0-0 out of 9 games starting with $284,776 in earnings.
