Souped Up upsets Bold Venture for first stakes win
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ETOBICOKE, Ontario − Souped Up registered a 10-1 upset while notching his first stakes under a jubilant Emma-Jayne Wilson in Saturday’s Grade 3 Bold Venture at Woodbine.
Souped Up ($23.40) attended a moderate pace set by Western Whirl in the 6 1/2-furlong Tapeta sprint and then hooked up with Western Whirl early in the stretch. Western Whirl gave way grudgingly in the final sixteenth and Souped Up prevailed by a head, in a time of 1:17.06.
Favored Notorious Gangster rallied outside to finish another three-quarters of a length back in third. It’s Bourbon Thirty, Poulin in O T, Awesome Bourbon, and Baxley competed the order of finish. G T Five Hundred was scratched.
Trained by Ron Sadler, Souped Up earned $105,000 of the $186,550 purse for the partnership of Linda Thiel and Harri Hosein, who claimed the son of Souper Speedy for $25,000 in 2023.
“This horse comes every single time to play,” Wilson said. “I rode him quite few years back and have always been a fan of his, watching him run. Ron does a fantastic job. Every one of Ron’s horses come to play every time, and he did it today. The trip was beauty. I said just off [Western Whirl]. He dug, and every time I asked him for more, he gave me more.”
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| # | HorseOdds | Trainer | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|
| G T Five Hundred | |||
| SCR | J. Campos | ||
1 | Baxley | ||
| 20-1 | H. Ladouceur | L. Contreras | |
2 | Poulin in O T | ||
| 5-2 | S. Owens | R. Munger | |
3 | Awesome Bourbon | ||
| 15-1 | A. Katryan | R. Maragh | |
4 | Its Bourbon Thirty | ||
| 10-1 | J. O'Dwyer | P. Moran | |
6 | Western Whirl | ||
| 2-1 | S. Simon | F. Aebly | |
7 | Souped Up | ||
| 8-1 | R. Sadler | E. Wilson | |
8 | Notorious Gangster | ||
| 4-1 | J. Carroll | R. Hernandez | |