Perfect Lady Bee backed by solid pedigree and trainer stats for debut

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Perfect Lady Bee has a blend of speed and stamina in her quality pedigree and will debut in Thursday’s fourth race at Woodbine, a 6 1/2-furlong maiden special for 3-year-old fillies on the main turf.

A Charles Fipke homebred, Perfect Lady Bee has worked extensively since shipping in from Payson Park in April. The daughter of 18 percent first-out sire Bee Jersey breezed a half-mile in 47.80 on the turf training course June 16 and posted a quick half-mile gate drill in 48.60 on the Tapeta a week later for trainer Roger Attfield, who has hit with 36 percent of first-timers in turf sprints.

Emma-Jayne Wilson has been working Perfect Lady Bee and gets the mount Thursday. She also rode her half-brother, Ready for the Lady, to victory in the Grade 3 Singspiel going 1 3/8 miles on the turf in 2022.

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“It’s a good spot,” Wilson said. “She’s got to start somewhere, but I do think longer is going to be better for her down the road. She’s been doing things right. On the grass, she seems to stride out really nice.”

Leading trainer Mark Casse sends out the experienced fillies Midsummer Mo and Worship.

Midsummer Mo was competitive in four of five outings at two different tracks. She was third and fifth in two starts at Gulfstream Park before ending up second there in another Tapeta route off a two-month break April 7.

When cutting back to six furlongs here May 18, Midsummer Mo got away slowly before closing for third behind Red Samurai and Spellcheck. Last time out, she tried the grass for the first time, going long on the main course. She rallied from far back along the inside for fourth.

Worship ran fourth in back-to-back turf tilts going short and long at Gulfstream during the winter before checking in sixth in a Tapeta sprint here May 5. She went back to the grass most recently and set the pace going a mile before fading to finish ninth behind two next-out winners.

Patrick Husbands retains the mount on Midsummer Mo and Sahin Civaci inherits the mount from Husbands on Worship.

Twisted Romance wasn’t an impact player against maiden special rivals over the winter in Florida before a late-closing second in a June 13 turf sprint here for Ontario-sired company and $40,000 maidens.

One Front War is debuting with an excellent turf pedigree for trainer Kevin Attard. The $105,000 purchase is by elite sire War Front, who has gotten 10 percent first-out winners and 16 percent turf sprint winners.

Her dam was a Grade 3 winner on turf who produced three winners from six turf starters, including the versatile stakes winner No Fault of Mine.

First-timer Rule the Waves is by the successful turf sprint sire Astern, but none of her dam’s turf runners were victorious. Trainer Shelley Fitzgerald is starting her off with blinkers and Lasix.

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