Keith Edwards better off spending filly’s winnings in Canada

Golden Train gained her first victory in a maiden optional claiming race at Woodbine yesterday and earned a check for $19,478 in U. S. funds. That brought the bank account for the 2-year-old filly by Ride On Curlin to $23,168 after three races; she had previously finished fourth and eighth. Her monetary situation highlights the huge disparity between what the Bloodhorse and Equibase use on their leading sire lists, and what the Canadian runners actually earn in their home country. In Canadian funds, Golden Train collected $25,200 for her initial victory, raising her above-the-border total to $29,920, a difference of $6,752.

Slade Jones was aboard Golden Train for the maiden-breaker for owner/trainer Keith Edwards, which gave Ride On Curlin his 13th winner this year from 26 starters. The filly bred by Robyn Thompson hustled to the lead, passed the poles in :23.45 and :47.05, and held off Society’s Kat down the stretch, winning by a neck in 1:11.27 for the six furlongs over the all-weather track and paying $7.20.

The cash disparity wasn’t nearly as pronounced at Century Mile, where Amber Princess raised her Canadian record to 1-1-3 in six starts and her overall record to 2-1-3 in 25 starts with an off-the-pace score in 1:24.61 for seven furlongs. The 5-year-old daughter of Amira’s Prince earned $5,400 Canadian – $4,174 U. S. – because the total purse was a skimpy $8,850. N’Rico Prescod rallied the mare bred by Joe and Helen Barbazon from fifth place to win by a neck, giving her sire five winners from nine starters in 2022.