Gierkink: Woodbine horses to watch for week of Sept. 17, 2018

AVIE’S FLATTER
Trainer: Josie Carroll
Last race: Sept. 16, 9th
Finish: 4th by 4 1/2
Beyer: 69
After getting sandwiched between rivals at the break, he circled wide from the back of the pack to finish a solid fourth in the Grade 1 Summer. The Ontario-bred should be competitive in the major fall stakes at Woodbine.

GOLDEN EXCHANGE
Trainer: Paul Buttigieg
Last race: Sept. 16, 10th
Finish: 3rd by 2 1/4
Beyer: 58
He was steadied early and then closed wide over a rail-biased track when dropping to $10,000 non-winners-of-two company.

SCAT’S ROSE
Trainer: Mark Casse
This unraced 2-year-old filly by the late super-sire Scat Daddy has been working up a storm on the Tapeta. The Chiefswood Stable homebred hails from the family of Grade 3 stakes winner Flameaway.