BY BROCK SHERIDAN
Bruno Schickedanz homebred So Delicious looks for an upset victory in the Grade 3 Jacques Cartier at Woodbine Saturday, a six-furlong test on synthetic for eight 4-year-olds and older with a purse of Can$100,000.
Schickedanz goes for his second consecutive victory in Jacques Cartier with a Florida-bred after winning last year with Old Chestnut.
So Delicious is also eligible for a $5,000 Export Incentive, paid to the breeder by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association for the out-of-state victory at this level.
Trained by Deven Gittens, So Delicious has won one of four career starts, a length-and-three-quarters victory against $49,200 maiden optional claimers going five-and-a-half furlongs on Woodbine’s all-weather main track in his first career start in June of last year. The gelded son of Jagr has two seconds and a fourth in three starts since, all in non-winners of two, $50,000 optional claiming races at Woodbine. The two seconds have come at five-and-a-half furlongs on synthetic while he was fourth sprinting five furlongs on the turf in July.
Set at 20-1 on the morning line, the gelded son of the Eddington mare Yum Yum runs for the second time this year and first since April 19.
Keveh Nicholls has the call on So Delicious from the inside post one.
Dale Desruisseaux saddles 5-2 morning line favorite G T Five Hundred, winner of the $106,000 Thorncliffe going five-and-a-half furlongs on the all-weather course in his only career start at Woodbine on May 3.
The 6-year-old gelded son of Astern (Aus) has won four of his last five race including the $123,000 Forego going six-and-a-half furlongs over Turfway Park’s synthetic on February 13. He won a second condition, $40,000 optional claiming in December and a second level, $40,000 optional claiming on January 7, both going six-and-a-half furlongs on synthetic at Turfway.
Owned by Centennial Farms, G T Five Hundred has earned $561,556 from 10 wins, six seconds and six thirds in 41 starts.
Rafael Hernandez will ride from post five.
Others set to line up in the Jacques Cartier are Western While, who will be ridden by Fraser Aebly, Its Bourbon Thirty with Luan Machado, Eswan Flores takes the call on Possiblemente, Playmea Tune has jockey Ryan Munger, Lithe Spirit will have Romero Maragh up and Pietro Moran will be aboard Awesome Bourbon.
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