Gierkink: Woodbine horses to watch for week of May 9

MOLINARO DEPUTY

Trainer: Vito Armata

Last race: May 6, 4^th

Finish: 3^rd by 1 1/4

Beyer: 69

Over a track which favored inside speed, she saved ground early before rallying wide from off slow fractions to just miss second. Her next race will be her third after a winter layoff, and she shouldn’t be a maiden much longer.

KISS UP

Trainer: Debra Rombis

Last race: May 6, 6^th

Finish: 2^nd by 9 1/2

Beyer: 42

He took the long way home, over a track that aided inside speed, while closing belatedly in a $16,000 maiden sprint. It was the second straight race in which he ran against the grain of a track bias.

STACKED DECK

Trainer: Barbara Minshall

Last race: May 7, 8^th

Finish: 2^nd by 1

Beyer: 102

Canada’s reigning champion male sprinter was boxed in along the inside in the Grade 3 Vigil Stakes before making up ground in the final furlong to finish a clear second behind Passion for Action, who enjoyed clear sailing on the outside in the seven-furlong event.