Dominion Day Stakes at Woodbine

Las Vegas, NV - The Grade 3 Dominion Day Stakes comes our way from Woodbine on Canada Day - July 1st. Horses three years old and upward will be featured as they go 1 ¼ miles on Woodbine's main track in search of their share of the $200,000 purse.

A strong group of six has been entered for the Dominion Day. It goes as race 8 on Woodbine's Canada Day card and post time is 4:49 PM. Here is a glimpse into the six entries and the credentials that brought them to this Grade 3 race.

2012 Dominion Day Stakes Race Favorites

Pender Harbour - won two-thirds of the Canadian Triple Crown last year and is coming off a win last time out at the Steady Growth Stakes here on June 17th to follow a rather disappointing ninth in the Grade 3 Eclipse - in his 2012 debut. He won last year's top honours as the country's champion three-year-old male. Pender Harbour finished his 2011 campaign with three wins and a second in his last five races - the lone poor performance coming in the Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby at Parx in September. Despite form unflattering recent performances Pender Harbour is the one to beat on Sunday.

Newsdad - most recently finished a disappointing fifth in the Elkhorn Stakes at Keeneland on April 27th to follow an impressive victory over Simmard at the Grade 2 Pan American Stakes at Gulfstream. Before that he finished a close second on February 26th in the Mac Diarmida. Prior to those impressive results Newsdad had a seven length win in an Allowance Optional Claiming at Gulfstream on January 28th. Newsdad will be looking to bounce back from a bad performance last time out and has the speed and the endurance to be competitive.

Dominion Day Stakes 2012 | Remaining Field Entries

Hunters Bay - comes into the Dominion Day having won three of his last four starts - the last and perhaps most impressive victory coming in the Grade 3 Eclipse Stakes here on May 26th to follow and Allowance Optional Claiming score here in April. Hunters Bay has five wins and three second place finishes in 10 career starts.

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Stately Victor - won the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes in 2010 and raced to an OK eighth in the Kentucky Derby and a seventh in the Belmont Stakes that year. Since 2010 Statley Victor has not found the winning touch but he has come close lately - two consecutive seconds in a pair of Allowance Optional Claiming races. He also had a good string of third place finishes in graded stakes action last summer and fall proving that he does indeed have the talent to contend.

Straight Story - made her 2012 debut with a seventh place finish in the Grade 2 Dixie Stakes here after an impressive win to close out 2011 in the Grade 2 Autumn Stakes at Woodbine in November. Prior to that win however was a pair of seventh place finishes and a sixth in the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap.

Medidocihospisurg - has 40 career starts - ALL at Woodbine. He did win the Elgin Stakes here last September but has had mixed results overall. This year Medidocihospisurg has a second and two third place finishes in five starts. If races were won by consonants in one's name then Medidocihospisurg would certainly be competitive.

2012 Dominion Day Stakes Entries & Odds

Race 8 on Woodbine's Sunday card with a Post Time of 4:49 PM.