Tripolina, the lone filly in the field, bounded home an easy winner of Woodbine's CA$125,000 Display Stakes for 2-year-olds, confirming the promise she showed in an impressive debut win in August.
Trainer Kevin Attard cross-entered Tripolina in the Display and its filly counterpart, the Glorious Song, but elected to face the boys in hopes of winning both stakes. Leading rider Kazushi Kimura had the return mount.
"We looked at the race setup and we're trying to see if we can win both divisions and it worked out just like we planned," Attard said.
Tripolina ($4.70), now 2-for-2, races for the formidable partnership of X-Men Racing, Madaket Stables, and SF Racing. The Constitution filly, out of the Street Boss mare Ballykiss, was purchased by X-Men out of the 2022 Keeneland September Sale for $70,000.
Attard's strategy did not completely come together, however, as he was unable to pull of the double one race later in the CA$125,000 Glorious Song when his filly Rosa faded in the lane. Instead, it was Ontario-bred A Little Frisky ($15), by Army Mule , who came from off the pace to win for trainer Josie Carroll and owner Mark Dodson. Jockey Ryan Munger earned his first local stakes win.
"I didn't even have to crack the whip on her I had so much horse," Munger said.
Both races were at seven furlongs over the synthetic Tapeta surface, with Tripolina finishing the Display in 1:21.81 and A Little Frisky taking the Glorious Song in 1:21.87
