ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Regal Moment should be favored to land her first added-money race in Sunday’s $100,000 Ashbridges Bay, one of two 1 1/16-mile Tapeta stakes for Ontario-sired 3-year-olds on the Woodbine card along with the $100,000 Lake Ontario for the boys. Trained by Stuart Simon, Regal Moment earned black type when third against older females in the seven-furlong Algoma Stakes for yearling sales alums on Aug. 24. Regal Moment went 1 1/16 miles in each of her last two outings, both against nonwinners-of-two Ontario-sired company, finishing a close second on the Tapeta before clearing the condition on the inner turf under Pietro Moran Oct. 2. “We’ve had this race in mind for a long time,” Simon said. “She was a real immature filly, mentally and physically. She’s been putting it together a little bit more as the year goes on. She has become more consistent as she’s matured. I actually think she could be a decent older filly next year.” Simon believes that Regal Moment isn’t picky regarding her preferred surface. “I think she’s equally capable on grass or synthetic,” he said. :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Fraser Aebly regains the mount on Regal Moment, while Moran sticks with another daughter of Point of Entry, Ella It Is. Trained by Mark Casse, Ella It Is finished up the track in both the Grade 3 Selene and Woodbine Oaks early in the summer. Following a break on Sept. 28, she beat nonwinners-of-three Ontario-sired stock going 7 1/2 furlongs on the inner turf and is coming off a belated second in an open seven-furlong Tapeta allowance. Six other fillies were entered in the Ashbridges Bay, including Brengungirl, who’s winless this year after taking two of her three 2-year-old starts, including the South Ocean Stakes. Lake Ontario The Lake Ontario drew a field of eight, including Ciunas, Dark Screen, Dewolf, and Sedburys Ghost. The Roger Attfield-trained Ciunas won his first two starts in the summer before coming up empty in the 1 1/2-mile Breeders’ Stakes, the anchor leg of the Canadian Triple Crown. He switched to the Tapeta most recently and was a charging second behind a peaking Humber River. This will be his first race with Lasix. Dark Screen could set the pace while stretching out to a distance over which he’s questionable. The erratic gray won the six-furlong Lake Superior Stakes on the main turf in July and then went into the dumper before beating older allowance rivals in a five-furlong inner turf dash most recently. Following a successful juvenile campaign, Dewolf has endured a sophomore slump. He ran fifth in a 13-horse field in the Aug. 16 King’s Plate before getting drilled in the Prince of Wales Stakes on the dirt. He’s coming off a flat fourth behind Humber River and Ciunas in an Oct. 25 allowance for nonwinners of three. Sedburys Ghost has been a major disappointment since taking the July 20 Plate Trial Stakes impressively and is hard to recommend at this juncture. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.