Good as Gone could be just that in featured allowance
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ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The penultimate Sunday of the marathon Woodbine meet doesn’t have a stakes. The nine-race card includes a 1 1/16-mile conditioned allowance for fillies and mares that seems wide open.
Good as Gone could shake loose up front by the time they hit the first turn. She did just that in her next-to-last race against nonwinners of two and proceeded to set soft fractions on a golden rail before holding on to prevail by a neck with a 75 Beyer Speed Figure. Runner-up Regal Moment came right back to win at the same class.
Owner-trainer Nick Nosowenko shortened Good as Gone up to seven furlongs most recently in her first try at this level, and the result was disappointing. She broke inward and slowly from the tricky one-hole and never reached contention before checking in fifth.
Good as Gone is being reunited with apprentice Pietro Moran and could go favored in the six-horse field of nonwinners of three. The nicely bred Nyquist mare has been working right along, including a half-mile breeze in 48.20 seconds on Nov. 29.
Peace Posey earned black type last out at 33-1 when third after racing wide throughout the 1 1/16-mile Ashbridges Stakes for Ontario-sired sophomore fillies. She was previously competitive against $15,000 conditioned claimers under Keveh Nicholls for trainer Ted Holder.
Starship Serenity should be among the favorites with Emma-Jayne Wilson riding for trainer Mike De Paulo. She defeated Ontario-sired and $40,000 maidens on the Tapeta in September before running hot and cold in a pair of inner turf routes in October. Starship Serenity rallied outside from far off a fast pace to prevail by a head against nonwinners-of-two Ontario-sired allowance types and $40,000 claimers on Nov. 21.
Bedazzle Me and Nikita’s Gem finished third and fifth, respectively, in another 1 1/16-mile event at this level Nov. 20.
Trained by Anthony Pottinger, Bedazzle Me has gone winless since 2023 while running competitively most of the time. The versatile 5-year-old lost a main turf sprint by a nose July 5. Her only poor showing in nine starts this season came in a tough edition of the restricted Eternal Search Stakes in October. David Moran has the mount, as usual.
Nikita’s Gem took the overland route before ending up 5 1/2 lengths in arrears, while Bedazzle Me benefited from a rail bias when 3 1/4 lengths behind the winner on Nov. 20. Nikita’s Gem beat $25,000 nonwinners of two a couple of races back in a Tapeta route that was taken off the turf. Ryan Munger regains the mount for trainer Sid Attard, which has been a successful combo.
Completing the lineup is Beautiful Sky, who was unruly in the paddock before topping $15,000 nonwinners-of-two claimers with the benefit of an anti-speed bias on Nov. 6. The daughter of Sky Mesa is jumping up off a claim by trainer Dale Powell.
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