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Highlander Stakes (Grade 2)- Race 7 at Woodbine – Post Time 4:25 PM Eastern
Top Win Contender(s): Golden Afternoon, Outlaw Kid
Golden Afternoon has run four sprints in his 11 races, winning three times and finishing second once. He won his career debut in September 2024, then ran six routes and won once before the horse was finally put into another sprint, where he won again, taking the Tom Ridge Stakes last June, where he earned a then career-best 95 Equibase Speed Figure. He then ran in the $2 million Grade 1 Franklin-Simpson Stakes in September, where he finished a gang-up second in a 12-horse field, improving his figure to 101. He then stretched out to a one-mile race where he contested the mid-stretch before fading to sixth but he beat six horses and was only two lengths from the winner. He took six months off and came back in another turf sprint, which he won rallying from fourth to get up by a neck. He earned a 96 figure, not too shabby after six months off, and he should improve. There are three dyed-in-the-wool speed horses (Miss Vyvyanne, Foxtratanna, and Western Whirl) who make Golden Afternoon the best closer which helps him to win again.
Outlaw Kid is the only horse with a kick as good as Golden Afternoon. He won the King T. Leatherbury Stakes in April and missed by a nose in the Turf Sprint Stakes on May 16. Outlaw Kid has won seven turf sprints in 21 races. He is making his third race off a layoff since November and he should improve from the 93 figure in his second-back race and the 99 of his last race. He also won twice at this distance at Woodbine including the Vice Regent Stakes in 2024. He should win or be part of the exacta.
Handicapper Picks
Win bets: Golden Afternoon, Outlaw Kid at 8 to 5 or higher.
Exacta: Box Golden Afternoon, Outlaw Kid
Double and Pick 3:
Race 7: Golden Afternoon, Outlaw Kid
Race 8: Tulip
Race 9: Paramount Prince, Notorious Gangster
Optional Pick 5: ($0.20)
Race 7: Golden Afternoon, Outlaw Kid
Race 8: Tulip
Race 9: Paramount Prince, Notorious Gangster
Race 10: Ozara, Reagan’s Flame
Race 11: ALL 13
Total $20.80
Selene Stakes (Grade 3) – Race 8 at Woodbine – Post Time 4:57 PM Eastern
Top Win Contender(s): Tulip
This Selene is for three-year-old fillies with four of them having just one win, two with two wins, and one (Dixie Law) with four wins. However, Dixie Law earned three of those wins as a two-year-old, so every one of the seven horses has won a race this year. Tulip started her career in a one-mile turf race, a tough race for a horse to win in its first start. In that race on April 12, she broke slowly, the last of 12. She was seven paths off the rail at the quarter pole on the far turn and finished third. That was a big debut. Then, in her second race on May 10, she led every bit in a field of 11. She is moving from Kentucky for this race. She has a big shot to win because she has the best average speed (miles per hour) by far. She ran 39.2 mph in the last stretch, and her stride was 26.6 feet. No other horse has a stride better than 25 feet. The next horse was Luster who clocked 40 mph and a 25-foot stride. Tulip has no problem moving from all-weather to turf, as her dam’s only other progeny won an all-weather turf race. Trainer William Walden has won 10 of 51 all-weather routes and he gets Midwest jockey Alex Achard, who has four of 10 all-weather routes for Walden. All of that makes Tulip the horse to beat.
Handicapper Picks
Win bets: Tulip at 3 to 1 or higher.
Doubles and Pick 3:
Race 8: Tulip
Race 9: Paramount Prince, Notorious Gangster
Race 10: Ozara, Reagan’s Flame
Dominion Day Stakes (Grade 3) – Race 9 at Woodbine – Post Time 5:29 PM Eastern
Top Win Contender(s): Paramount Prince, Notorious Gangster
Paramount Prince has the rail and is the only frontrunner, so he should control the pace. He won the Dominion Day Stakes last year and he has won three times since. He also won the Plate Trial Stakes (at this distance) and the King’s Plate Stakes in 2023. He had been off from May 2 for five months before he won a seven-furlong race. He raced just three weeks ago on May 23, where the winner was Notorious Gangster, and Paramount Prince faded to fourth. Now he is five weeks out, and no other horse should get near the lead. He should get his ninth win in his 20th all-weather race.
Still, Notorious Gangster has a shot if Paramount Prince can’t rebound since his nemesis beat him. That was Notorious Gangster’s first race off a nine-month layoff (May 23) and he beat Paramount Prince handily by three lengths. Notorious Gangster is one year younger than Paramount Prince. He won the Queenston Stakes in June 2025 at seven furlongs and stretched to this mile and one-eighth trip finished second in the Plate Trial. Then he finished third in the 13-horse King’s Plate. He came off a layoff and ran better than ever, earning a 103 Equibase Speed Figure, similar to what Paramount Prince earned in his win on May 2 when he posted a 102.
Handicapper Picks
Win bets: Paramount Prince, Notorious Gangster at 3 to 2 or higher.
Exacta: Box Paramount Prince, Notorious Gangster
Doubles:
Race 9: Paramount Prince, Notorious Gangster
Race 10: Ozara, Reagan’s Flame
Race 9: Paramount Prince, Notorious Gangster
Race 10: Ozara, Reagan’s Flame, Quadruple, Fantastical
Royal North Stakes (Grade 3) – Race 10 at Woodbine – Post Time 5:59 PM Eastern
Top Win Contender(s): Ozara, Reagan’s Flame
In exactas and multiple bets: Quadruple, Fantastical
Ozara has a class edge over the other 11 horses. She is the only horse here to have won a Grade 2 race, winning the Ballston Stakes last August. That was her second straight win following her victory in the De La Rose Stakes in July. Those efforts earned her best Equibase Speed Figures of 113 and 107. She then faced tougher company in the Grade 1 First Lady Stakes and the Matriarch Stakes where she finished eighth and seventh. She took off the winter and most of the spring and was back in form when she won the Miss Liberty Stakes on May 30, earning a 100 figure. She is likely to improve significantly.
Reagan’s Flame is the only horse that can hold a candle to Ozara. Reagan’s Flame won six of 19 races and earned $500,000 compared to Ozara’s $666K. She just won the Grade 3 Whimsical Stakes on May 2 in her first race at Woodbine. She also changed trainers before that race moving to Saffie Joseph Jr. That race earned her a career-best 105 figure. Last year Reagan’s Flame stretched out from a seven-furlong race last September to a two-turn turf race win last October. Then she earned a 104 figure when she finished second in November. Her last race of 2025 was irrelevant when she tried dirt, and she finished sixth, which led to a nearly three-month layoff. The trainer uses Southern Florida jockey, Rasheed Hughes, who teamed with this trainer for a great record of 7-8-2 in 27 races. Given Reagan’s Flame’s recent race at Woodbine she has the same probability to win as Ozara.
Quadruple was third in the Whimsical. She bobbled at the start but she rallied to third. That was her first North American race and off an eight-month layoff. She is all-eligible, but if she gets into the race, she definitely has a shot to be second. Fantastical has a good record of 10 first or second finishes in 20 races, and her last race earned a career-best 102 figure when she finished second in Kentucky. Trainer Joe Sharp has a record of 3-2-0 in six races at Woodbine this year, so this mare also has a shot to be part of the exacta.
Handicapper Picks
Win bets: Ozara and Reagan’s Flame at 3 to 2 or higher.
Exacta: Ozara, Reagan’s Flame over Ozara, Reagan’s Flame, Quadruple, Fantastical