Gierkink: Woodbine Horses to Watch for week of July 6

CONQUEST STRATE UP
Trainer: Mark Casse
Last race: July 1, 5th
Finish: 1st by 3 1/4
Beyer: 76
After missing the break, she rallied stoutly from eighth to win her debut going away in a turf sprint. The 3-year-old daughter of Queen’s Plate winner Not Bourbon could have a productive future in the Ontario-sired ranks.

BUTTON DOWN
Trainer: Josie Carroll
Last race: July 1, 9th
Finish: 1st by 1 3/4
Beyer: 83
After taking a while to earn her diploma, the Juddmonte Farms-bred from England won her second straight race on this side of the pond. She made her way through traffic in the stretch of a first-level allowance over good turf. Her trainer holds the 4-year-old in high regard.

BILLY’S STAR
Trainer: Roger Attfield
Last race: July 5, 11th
Finish: 4th by 2 3/4
Beyer: 79
In order to avoid potential traffic congestion, he made an early bid for the lead through hot middle fractions before weakening in the final eighth of the mile and a quarter Queen’s Plate. He also had a troubled run in the Plate Trial Stakes.