And One More Time ($35.20) takes Natalma, gains BC Juvenile Fillies Turf berth

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Trainer Mark Casse swept the top three positions in Saturday’s Grade 1 Natalma at Woodbine, with 16-1 shot And One More Time narrowly prevailing over Vixen and Nitrogen in the one-mile turf route for 2-year-old fillies.

Nitrogen went straight to the front and set honest fractions while And One More Time pressed her through the turn, as Vixen tracked them from a three-wide position.

Nitrogen began to tire around the eighth pole, where Vixen appeared to be going best, but And One More Time dug in gamely between them to prevail by a head, in a time of 1:33.99 over the firm ground.

Italian Soiree finished fourth and was followed by Ready to Battle, Annascaul, Ready for Candy, favored Mountain Breeze, Will Reign, Threat and Arctic Velocity.

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And One More Time ($35.20) earned a fees-paid berth into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf in the BC qualifier, for Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Plantation.

Fresh off a second-out maiden score over a muddy track in a key maiden special at Saratoga, And One More Time earned $300,000 of the $502,500 purse. The daughter of Omaha Beach, the sire of this year’s King’s Plate winner Caitlinhergrtness, is a half-sister to three turf stakes winners, including Simply in Front, a recent Grade 2 winner at Kentucky Downs.

It was a record seventh Natalma victory for Casse, Woodbine’s perennial leading trainer.

“She ran wonderfully, with a lot of heart,” said Casse assistant Kathryn Sullivan. “We knew from her race at Saratoga we had a special filly. I think she really proved it today.”

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