Lake Ontario Stakes

1 1/16 Mile Stake Purse $150.00 Colts & Geldings Three-Year-Olds Foaled in ON. At WO

Lake Ontario Stakes is a small race with a lot of chances for a first stakes win, for three of these lads have not even had a stakes race. To me, Senter seems to overpower this field with recent stakes experience. After that, it’s pretty close between the following three, but I like Westerly Invasion in second for his recent win at this distance and I place Walkabout third for his overall consistency.

Here’s the Lake Ontario Stakes Handicap:

Horse                                  Owner                               Odds  SRF

Senter                                 Glorify Stables                    *3-5        92

Westerly Invasion              Nakamura Stables               3-1        92

Walkabout                           D J C Racing Stables          4-1        93

Handles                              D J C Racing Stables          5-1        91

Crucifixion                         Paradise Stable                 10-1        82

1  Crucifixion                 Paradise Stable                    82

As a thirteen-race maiden, Crucifixion comes here as a major disappointment to Silky White since the stable had designated him as a stakes hope from day one. Hope was increased with a deep closing fifth in the $400.00 Grade III Lexington KYD qualifier at KEE, but that loss seemed to break his spirit, and he hasn’t been close since.            

2  Walkabout                 D J C Racing Stables           93

Walkabout is a claimer which has raced nine times and is already on his third owner and definitely on his way to the “Well, I only paid” phenomenon, but a good showing in this race could change that. All of his races have been good, but all save one, have been sprints; and in that one route he finished second. Most recently, he finished a fading third at six furlongs but registered a race high SRF 93 in losing.

3   Handles                     D J C Racing Stables          91

Handles struggled in his first two races, both routes, until Fractious auctioned him to Mb Stables for $35.00 who trained him for a while and then auctioned him to D J C Racing Stables for $26.00. Once Dom took over, he introduced the horse to sprinting, and he has not been worse than second in three starts. Now the question is can he handle a route?

4   Senter                         Glorify Stables                      92   .

It looks like Senter is the standout here with only five lifetime races. It took a few sprint maidens for him to get a win, but then he stretched out and placed second in the $150.00 Plate Trial Stakes and third in the $1,000.00 Kings Plate most recently. Stepping down to this level should make this an easy win.

5   Westerly Invasion      Nakamura Stables         92

Westerly Invasion has the most experience in here: sprints, routes, turf, dirt, allowances, stakes. In the fourth race of his life, he placed second in the $300.00 RP Springboard Mile. His most  recent race was a winning effort in a LAD allowance race at today’s distance, which gives him a definite chance at the wire.

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