Woodbine · Friday, September 25, 2026 · Race 7 of 8

Claiming

all_weather, fastSix And One Half FurlongsPurse $61,2007 ranPost 2026-09-25 16:17:00Final time 1:17.33Pool $98,651

Good for all except 6,7

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
15Verdejo
control pace,had more
Pietro Moran11111—3.30—
22Flying Black
gave futile chase str
Rafael Hernandez5532237.00—
36Spirit Bear
slw st,6Wstr up for3rd
Ryan Munger667634½3.35—
43Hard to Capture
rally3W5/16,faded1/8
Skye Chernetz244345¼4.45—
58You Be the Judge
track btwn5/16,wilted
Jose Campos322458¾2.95—
61Rocket Riley
shared rear,lack rally
Daisuke Fukumoto776568¾23.75—
77Catch the Drift
brk in,pressed,tired
Christopher Douglas435779¾5.80—

How the race unfolded (position at each call; hover a line to follow one runner)

1234567start1/41/2stretchfinish2Flying Black6Spirit Bear3Hard to Capture8You Be the Judge1Rocket Riley7Catch the Drift5Verdejo

Fractional times

Call 123.40
Call 246.35
Call 31:10.71
Final1:17.33

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)5$8.60—
place ($2)5$4.90—
show ($2)5$3.80—
Pick 3 ($0.20)4-6-5$13.44$16,603
place ($2)2$6—
show ($2)2$4.10—
Pick 4 ($0.20)1$40.87$69,062
show ($2)6$3.40—
daily double ($1)6-5$23.70$8,088
exacta ($1)5-2$28.65$67,845
superfecta ($0.20)5-2-6-3$78.81$28,640
trifecta ($0.20)5-2-6$20.19$41,800

Chart notes

VERDEJO was away alertly getting the early advantage, had a trio of rivals forcing the issue outside at the five eighths pole, edged clear getting an outright lead again by the three furlong marker, rambled on unopposed through the bend, shifted just off the fence well in control at the top of the stretch and kept finding more when called upon down the lane to win going away for the gate to wire tally. FLYING BLACK was in a great spot all by himself watching the contesting quartet down the backstretch, tracked the frontrunner with two other outside foes midway around the turn, had the two path in the thick of things in upper stretch but could only give futile chase in the stretch while besting the rest at the finish line. SPIRIT BEAR was away slowly co-trailing on the outside, made no gain three wide outside of runners in the turn running, swung out widest reaching for more ground in upper stretch and closed in belatedly getting up just before the wire outside capturing the show money. HARD TO CAPTURE was part of the early mix on the front end having the two path, took back being wrangled back of the now lead trio at the half mile marker, made a sharp swooping move three wide at the five sixteenths pole around horses, posed the main opposition four wide at the head of the lane but could not continue the rally and faded between runners in the final furlong only holding for a minor share in the end. YOU BE THE JUDGE moved in through the chute to prompt the issue four deep outside entering the backside, chased the loose leader two wide between challengers in midturn, shifted to the three path at the top of the lane but wilted inside of rivals at the sixteenth pole. ROCKET RILEY shared the rear travelling in tandem with an outside runner down the backstretch, inched closer taking the shortest way around the oval, moved out to the four path turning for home but lacked a rally in the drive. CATCH THE DRIFT broke inwards filling the void left by the slow starter, pressed the early pace between runners in the three path into the backstretch, gave way unable to keep battling up top in the two path with rivals on both sides at the seven sixteenths pole, was hard ridden two wide just trying to hold forward position throughout the turn, shifted to the five path for the run to the wire but had little to offer in the late going.