Woodbine: Opening day features mandatory payout in Power Pick 6 with $61,065 carryover
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ETOBICOKE, Ontario – There will be a mandatory payout on opening day at Woodbine in the Power Pick 6, which has a carryover of $61,065. The jackpot wager, which was not paid out on the final day of the 2025 meet due to a mid-card cancellation, is a 20-cent base bet that should attract at least $250,000 in handle Saturday.
Race 2: Summer Snow is the lone winter-raced runner in this $7,500 conditioned claiming race and should have a fitness advantage on her rivals. The three-time synthetic winner has tactical speed and is being reunited with Sofia Vives, who won on her twice last year. The comebackers in the field who have a history of firing when fresh are Mi Tormenta and Zippy Gamble.
Race 3: Barbara Joan is a viable single in this nonwinners-of-two allowance with a $50,000 claiming option for 3-year-old fillies. She was a front-running debut winner early in her sophomore season 15 months ago on the grass at Gulfstream. Her runner-up finish in an allowance on the Tapeta here in July came behind the speedy Maximum Fifty, who was the winningest runner at the 2025 Woodbine meet. Maximum Fifty’s full sister, Minimum Forty, is definitely in with a shot off her dominant debut score Nov. 22.
Race 4: Miss Strawberry is cleverly protected by waiver in this $15,000 nonwinners-of-two claiming race in her first outing since an 8 1/2-length debut win over $15,000 maidens in September. Trainer Ted Holder has wintered in Florida in the past, which might explain this 4-year-old’s sparse local workout regimen. Dedos only got a 44 Beyer Speed Figure when graduating for $7,500 last time out at Turfway. Her connections – jockey Pietro Moran and trainer Wesley Ward – combined to win a recent maiden special weight at Keeneland. Chargethatmountain won at first asking against $25,000 maidens in late October and was softened up in a speed duel in a subsequent nonwinners-of-two event.
Race 5: Justine is taking on the boys off a layoff in her first try for trainer Dale Desruisseaux, who’s coming off a career year. The daughter of 17 percent synthetic sire Justify was a close third in a maiden special weight at Churchill, her best of two turf starts. Will Win placed behind several future stakes opponents in his two races last July and is adding blinkers and Moran. His debuting stablemate, Smokin Empire, has worked quickly but is bred to run long. Delta Force was a clear second in his lone outing at 2.
Race 6: Super Sicily won two in a row here in the fall before racing competitively over Gulfstream’s Tapeta. The comebacker Sinclairity is unbeaten when fresh. The multiple restricted stakes winner Souper Diva is the one to catch as she takes on older rivals.
Race 7: Frankness has worked extensively from the gate at Gulfstream and Woodbine for proficient first-out trainer Bill Tharrenos. The son of speedy debut sire Reload is a half-brother to stakes winner Ultimate Destiny and the Grade 2-placed sprinter Dolce Sopresa. The local $60,000 yearling purchase is the first Woodbine mount for Luis Reyes.
Post time for the first of seven races is 1:20 p.m.
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