Henry's Gamble in form for Thursday feature

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Following one of her better performances, Henry’s Gamble switches from the main turf to the inner turf in Thursday’s Woodbine headliner, a 7 1/2-furlong event for fillies and mares combining nonwinners of-two Ontario-sired allowance types with $40,000 claimers.

Owned by prominent Ontario breeder Ivan Dalos, Henry’s Gamble won her debut for $25,000 maidens in December before getting the winter off. She was protected by waiver from being claimed when third in her May 12 season opener against $25,000 nonwinners-of-two opposition.

Henry’s Gamble has made her last three starts at this level. She finished a fast-closing second in a seven-furlong Tapeta sprint on June 2. A month later, she found 1 1/8 miles on the turf too far and faded to sixth. Henry’s Gamble rallied from fourth to finish a close third in a slow-paced sprint going seven-eighths on Aug. 6.

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Justin Stein retains the mount on Henry’s Gamble for Queen’s Plate-winning trainer Kevin Attard. They’re a combined 9 for 51 at the meet.

After pressing the pace from a three-wide position on the turn, Systematic beat out Henry’s Gamble for second in a narrow loss on Aug. 6.

Systematic got a break after trainer Marty Drexler claimed her for $20,000 at Gulfstream in February and has improved with each appearance at this meet. She was bumped on the first turn en route to a fourth-place finish three back on the inner turf under leading rider Kazushi Kimura, who has the mount Thursday.

Umneyaat could make her presence known under Jason Hoyte. Trained by Ryan Jones, the daughter of Street Boss received a career-high 74 Beyer Speed Figure when fifth in a first-level allowance on June 11. She had traffic problems when sixth in her penultimate outing in a $25,000 starter handicap in a route on the inner course.

Mum’s the Word graduated second time out on the main turf two years ago at 2. She ended up fifth in the Victorian Queen Stakes, and then missed all of 2021 due to injury.

In her lone start this year, Mum’s the Word was a troubled seventh against nonwinners-of-two rivals on June 25, a race that’s yet to yield a next-out winner. Emma-Jayne Wilson takes over on Mum’s the Word for trainer John LeBlanc Jr., a successful combo.

Remembering Rhoda is stretching out off a closing score in a five-furlong inner turf dash for $15,000 maidens. Her pedigree leans more toward sprinting than two-turn distances.

Retail Therapist defeated two next-out winners while beating $25,000 maidens at a big price when negotiating seven furlongs on the main course Aug. 6.

Rounding out the second-race field is Pemberley, who was a non-threatening seventh in her only turf start, which came going 1 1/4 miles in last year’s Wonder Where Stakes.