Ol' Fashion Gal holds on late to win Selene

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Ol’ Fashion Gal ($14.20) held off the charging favorite Don’t Leave Me to notch her first stakes Sunday at Woodbine in the Grade 3, $154,800 Selene.

With Alan Garcia aboard, Ol’ Fashion Gal stalked Watch This Cat, who set honest fractions in the 1 1/16-mile route for 3-year-old fillies. Leading Edge and Ol’ Fashion Gal both made a bid for the lead early in the stretch, and Ol’ Fashion Gal took control thereafter en route to a head score over Don’t Leave Me, who had rallied wide from last.

“She broke good, and I tried to be close to the pace,” Garcia said. “It worked out good. My filly was trying all the way.”

Ol’ Fashion Gal gave trainer Mark Casse a sweep of the two weekend stakes at Woodbine. She covered the distance in 1:44.73 and earned $90,000 for owners Bill and Vicki Poston.

Leading Edge wound up third, in a field reduced to seven with the scratches of Green Doctor and Starless Night.