Bayerly Seen invades for My Dear Stakes off big debut win

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – With every stakes shipper who comes to Woodbine to race on Tapeta for the first time, it’s just a guess as to how the horse will do. The latest wild card is Bayerly Seen, a Brad Cox-trained invader from Indiana who should be among the favorites in Saturday’s $100,000 My Dear Stakes for 2-year-old fillies.

Bayerly Seen, from the first crop of Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Bayern, was slated to debut on turf at Indiana Grand on June 18. The five-furlong maiden special was moved to the dirt, and she won by 12 1/4 lengths as the heavy favorite.

Last Saturday at Indiana, Bayerly Seen breezed a half-mile in 48 seconds, the third-fastest of 60 works at the distance that morning.

The 5 1/2-furlong My Dear is the first 2-year-old stakes of the meet. It goes as the eighth on an 11-race card.

KEY CONTENDERS

Bayerly Seen, by Bayern
Beyer: 58

◗ Cox’s last Woodbine starter was Long On Value, who captured the Grade 1 Highlander on June 30, 2018. He also won the 2017 Highlander with Green Mask.

Fast Scene, by Fast Anna
Beyer: 72

◗ The Presque Isle Downs-based daughter of freshman sire Fast Anna led all the way here in her June 15 debut, a 2 1/2-length triumph. Her trainer, Tim Hamm, won the 2016 My Dear with Velvet Mood.

Copper Gem, by Gemologist
Beyers: 50-54

◗ Another speedy Presque Isle shipper, she graduated there second time out for trainer Ron Potts.

Reiterate, by Competitive Edge
Beyers: 50-64

◗ She dead-heated for first at Gulfstream when debuting and finished a well-beaten fourth in the 5 1/2-furlong Astoria Stakes at Belmont.

Marva, by Iqbaal
Beyers: 17-64

After dead-heating for the win at Gulfstream at first asking, the Wesley Ward homebred trailed when favored in the Kentucky Juvenile Stakes at Churchill Downs.

The Good Witch, by Tale of the Cat
Beyer: 64

◗ She was second to the favored Ward runner Owlette in her lone outing, a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special here May 3. After her debut, owner-trainer Alex Patykewich said: “She bucked her shin a little bit. I gave her a little time and then [pointed] for this race. She had a real good work getting ready for it.”

Saratoga Vision, by Court Vision
Beyers: 59-48-48

◗ Another maiden owned and trained by Patykewich, who won the 2013 My Dear with Skylander Girl. She rallied belatedly for third most recently in her third trip postward.

“She’s improved with every race,” Patykewich said. “We’ve always known that she wants to go farther.”

Justleaveitalone, by Creative Cause
No Beyers

◗ The unraced Ontario-bred has posted several rapid works on the Tapeta.