My Conquestadory makes scintillating debut in Summer

"I didn't think about losing the race. It never came to my mind that she

could be beat," da Silva said. "I had great confidence in her and the whole team

said how nice she is. She's a great filly."

Rating in fourth as Tropic of Artie set fractions of :23 1/5, :46 1/5 and

1:10 4/5, My Conquestadory responded well at the top of the stretch and drew off

under hand urging to score the convincing victory over 27-1 longshot Go Bro,

with Matador another head behind in third.

Completing the order of finish were Dig Alittle Deeper, Tropic of Artie, Grom,

3-1 favorite School On a Hill, Asserting Bear, and Phenomenalmoon. Spanish

Flower was scratched.

Owned by Conquest Stables and trained by Mark Casse, My Conquestadory earned

a winner's share of $115,908. She is the first filly to win the Summer since

2006, when Dreaming of Anna won en route to taking the Breeders' Cup Juvenile

Fillies and divisional honors in the U.S.

A $240,000 OBS March two-year-old in training purchase, My Conquestadory was

bred in Kentucky by Paul Tackett and is the first foal out of the multiple

stakes-placed Golden Artemis, a daughter of Native Trinket. Also hailing from

this family is the multiple Grade 2-winning sprinter Kelly Kip.

Unspurned set a pace of :23 4/5 and :47, tracked all the time by Ready to

Act, who broke a tad slowly but quickly settled into striking position. Edging

past that rival after three-quarters was reached in 1:11 1/5. The filly opened

up what looked like an insurmountable advantage shortly before the furlong pole,

but then lost concentration and ducked inside in front of a tiring Unspurned,

who struck Maragh after he fell to the turf.

The racing program was delayed while Maragh was attended to following the

Natalma. Alert and conscious following the spill, he was taken to a local

hospital for assessment.

There was three-way tussle for second, with Spanish Flower edging

Appreciating by a neck and Madly Truly another head behind in fourth. Skylander

Girl, Unspurned and Spring Likeacobra were the last three across the finish.

Ready to Act did not officially finish, while Henry's Island and My

Conquestadory were scratched.

Bred in Ontario by Cavendish Investing, owned by Harlequin Ranches and

trained by Roger Attfield, Llanarmon debuted at Woodbine on

August 13 in a seven-furlong maiden event on the grass. Steadied early, the dark

bay rallied from near the back to finish third, 1 1/2 lengths behind

Appreciating. She now has earnings of $146,108.

Llanarmon, who also earned an automatic berth to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile

Fillies Turf, is a daughter of Sky Mesa and was produced by the Grade 3-winning Gold

Strike, a daughter of Smart Strike. In addition to her Grade 3 score in the

Selene, Gold Strike also captured the Woodbine Oaks and placed against males in the

Queen's Plate.

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