Love to Shop runs away from the boys in Toronto Cup

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Love to Shop beat the boys convincingly under Emma-Jayne Wilson in Sunday’s $127,000 Toronto Cup Stakes for 3-year-olds at Woodbine.

Love to Shop raced about five lengths off front-running Eyes On the King heading into the turn of the one-mile main turf route. Favored Conman came from second to make the lead early in the stretch, while Love to Shop was in the midst of her wide rally.

Love to Shop hit the front at the eighth pole before edging away to score by a 1 1/4 lengths, in a time of 1:34.14 over the firm ground. Conman narrowly beat out a closing Souper Blessing for second in the eight-horse field.

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Love to Shop ($7.70) earned $75,000 for the partnership of Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable. The daughter of hot Kentucky sire Violence was coming off a troubled third in the Grade 3 Ontario Colleen in her local debut and first start for trainer Kevin Attard.

“I learned a little bit about her last time,” Wilson said. “I watched a lot of replays, Kevin said he’d only just gotten her and to give her the best trip I could. The last 70 yards, it got a little tight. She’s such a big, strong filly, and it wasn’t ideal.

“This time, I had a chance to get her into a nice outside trip and let her get into rhythm. We have a three-eighths of a mile stretch run, and I just took her off heels and just let her build and build. She finished on strong and got the job done.”

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