Sunday Stakes Plays at Woodbine, November 15

A pair of black-type tilts for Ontario-bred runners will highlight the Sunday action at Woodbine. 

Race 9 – Ashbridges Bay S. Wagers

• $10 win and place #6 Regal Affair ($20)
• $10 exacta box 2-6 ($20)

Six sophomore fillies will run 1 1/16 miles over the Tapeta in the first stakes event of the afternoon. Steve Attard’s #6 Regal Affair isn't the most talented horse in the field, but the deep-closing sort landed in a race with a fast, contested pace, and he could get the trip at a fair price. The three-year-old daughter of Ami’s Holiday owns a victory and seven placings from nine lifetime tries on the course, and she checked in a clear third in her lone prior run going a route of ground on the oval. She will be moving best of all late with Pietro Moran retaining the ride. 

The Rachel Halden-trained #2 Going Platinum has shown big improvement in her last two assignments and is the one to beat moving from the grass to the synthetic. By Silent Name, the sophomore lass missed by a head while five lengths clear of third most recently in her debut with winners, and she will be formidable with any kind of forward move with Rafael Hernandez on board. 

Race 10 – Lake Ontario S. Wagers

• $30 win #2 Bond Market ($30)

Seven three-year-old males will go 1 1/16 miles on the all-weather strip in the second stakes tilt on the card. #2 Bond Market will likely be a popular choice in the race, and deservedly so. Trained by Carlos Grant, the classic-placed chestnut was a facile allowance winner on the turf most recently and is a great fit in this spot. The Bond Street gelding ran a bang-up sixth in the King’s Plate S. in his second lifetime run and only appearance on this surface, and he will be tough to upend with something resembling his latest effort. I like the cutback in distance after he ran 1 3/8 miles last time, and the Ontario-bred will be finishing best of all on Sunday with regular pilot Xarel Forde in the silks once again.