Consistent Repeat the Heat looking for a second win

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Repeat the Heat is one of the two Ontario-sired runners who will compete without a claiming price in Friday’s seventh race at Woodbine for nonwinners of two. The son of Silent Name is dropping in class in the 1 1/16-mile event.

Repeat the Heat was competitive in all seven of his starts here this year. He graduated going long on the inner turf in July and finished a close third in his second try at this conditioned class Sept. 30 on the Tapeta.

Most recently, Repeat the Heat was beaten just 2 1/2 lengths when sixth in a fast-paced route combining nonwinners of two allowance types with $50,000 claiming 3-year-olds.

Trainer Mike DePaulo has given a return call on Repeat the Heat to Sahin Civaci, one of the hottest riders on the grounds. Civaci won four races last Sunday, including the Grade 2 Kennedy Road on Candy Overload. He is tied for seventh in the standings with 54 wins heading into the penultimate week of the meet.

Shamateur may go favored in the feature. A homebred owned by Stronach Stables, the son of Queen’s Plate winner Shaman Ghost finished up the track in two legs of this year’s Canadian Triple Crown, the Plate and Breeders’ Stakes.

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Shamateur was beaten a nose when competing for $50,000 in the same Nov. 13 race that Repeat the Heat is exiting. Apprentice Slade Jones will ride him again for trainer Sid Attard.

Ice Road rallied inside to end up a close fifth in the same race, finishing just 1 1/2 lengths behind Shamateur and favored Malibu Edge. Rafael Hernandez picks up the mount, his first for trainer Mike Dunslow.

The huge chestnut Dissectologist is the other entrant in the nine-horse field who’s not in for the tag. The son of the red-hot stallion Reload (the sire of Candy Overload) was a belated third three back in the restricted Elgin Stakes before missing the board in his last two starts, including the Lake Ontario Stakes for Ontario-sired 3-year-olds.

Emma-Jayne Wilson will ride Dissectologist for trainer Michelle Love, who won two races last week.

Muskoka Giant is eligible to run big in his second start following a one-year layoff. A once-promising youngster, the 5-year-old closed for second in his Nov. 20 comeback in a $25,000 conditioned claimer.

Leading rider Kazushi Kimura stays on Muskoka Giant for top trainer Mark Casse. They are a combined 23 for 98 at the meet.

Pemberley benefited from an inside bias when an unlucky loser in a race at this level that was taken off the turf Oct. 20.

Leslie Chow is dropping out of allowance/optional claiming company and is a good fit from a Beyer Speed Figure perspective.

Completing the field is Midnight Arkle, who’s coming off a front-running victory over $25,000 maidens.

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