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Alpha Gamma Girl will look to break her maiden in style, in Saturday’s $150,000 Zadracarta Stakes at Woodbine.
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Sporting a mark of 0-4-2 from eight starts, Alpha Gamma Girl will take on six rivals in the five-furlong event for Ontario-bred fillies, 3-year-olds and up, to be run on the Toronto oval’s inner turf.
Trained by Darren Glennon, the daughter of Souper Speedy out of the unraced Bold Executive mare Firey Grill (bred by Glennon, the bay has produced four runners, including two who are stakes-placed, and is from the family of multiple stakes winner Poulin in O T and stakes winner Zazinga) has finished second in her past three starts – all at five panels on the inner turf – including two narrow misses, by a neck and a head, respectively, in her last two races.
“She always showed talent,” said Glennon. “I was a little disappointed with her not knuckling down in some of her earlier races, but that is what I have seen from her in the last few races, that she is putting it together and knuckling down.”
Despite the tough losses, Glennon is pleased with the fight his charge has displayed.
“It was unfortunate that she lost in head bob in her latest race, but she grabbed a hold of the bridle and galloped out with her ears pricked. She is also showing a little diversity in her running style. She can be on the front or she can sit off the pace and stalk and then run a horse down. We didn’t see that last year, but we are happy she is figuring it out this year.”
Bred and owned by Ronald House, Alpha Gamma Girl debuted on July 20, 2024, finishing third in a five-furlong maiden optional claimer contested on the Woodbine’s inner turf.
It would be her only start of the year after. She returned to racing 469 days later and finished second in a maiden special weight, again at five furlongs over the inner turf.
“She had some setbacks and the key was taking our time with her. That’s all. Her sister [Trading Bay] got better as she got older, so it was simply a question of being patient and knowing that she would get better with age. I just raced Alpha Gamma Girl’s half-brother, Named Firey, for the first time this year and he finished second. He developed nicely over the winter, which again shows how the dam’s runners are getting better as they go along.”
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In four starts this year, Alpha Gamma Girl has posted a trio of seconds and a third, the latter coming at five furlongs over the Woodbine main track in her seasonal debut.
The Zadracarta marks the lightly-raced 5-year-old’s first stakes test, a task Glennon believes Alpha Gamma Girl is up to.
“I am not saying that five furlongs is her absolute best distance – I think 5 ½ or six would make her speed even more deadly – but she has a couple of things going for her. She has run extremely well at this distance and on that course. She knows how to get around it very fast. I took a shot with her sister, Trading Bay, and got her stakes-placed (in the 2022 Ballade). This race comes around once a year, so we are going to take a shot. We are going in the gate and giving it everything we’ve got.”
Serge Hurtado is the groom.
Recent works: Alpha Gamma Girl covered four furlongs in a bullet :48.00 over the turf training track on Aug. 21.
“She was on her own. We were just looking for a maintenance work. She did it in a very quick time, but she has come out of it great, and everything is lining up, hopefully, for a big run on Saturday.”
Fast facts: The race is named after the multiple stakes-winning daughter of Bold Ruckus, who went 8-7-3 from 27 starts and recorded $385,363 in purse earnings. Her stakes successes include the 1987 Fanfreluche and 1988 Star Shoot. Heyahohowdy won the inaugural running in 2004. Little Teddy won last year’s edition.
Wagering menu for the Zadracarta: Includes Rolling Double / Exacta / 0.20 Trifecta / 0.20 Superfecta / 0.20 Pick 3 (Races 7-8-9) / 0.20 Pick 4 (Races 7-8-9-10) / $1 Swinger
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Field for the $150,000 Zadracarta
- Olivia Rose – Rafael Hernandez – Mark Casse
- Little Teddy – Austin Adams – Santino Di Paola
- Foresters Exec – Fraser Aebly – Patrick Dixon
- Alpha Gamma Girl – Romero Ramsay Maragh – Darren Glennon
- Dolce Fortuna – Ryan Munger – Josie Carroll
- Home for a Rest – Daisuke Fukumoto – Robert Tiller
- Sinclairity – Pietro Moran – Kevin Attard
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This story was originally published August 26, 2026 at 1:31 PM.