One Stripe pictured at Graham Motion’s Fair Hill Training Centre in Maryland
The dual Gr 1-winning Drakenstein Stud-bred One World colt One Stripe has the world at his feet ahead of running on Saturday in the Gr 1 CAN$1 million Woodbine Mile on the Woodbine turf in Canada. (23H39 SA Time).
The race has been going since 1988 and the Hollywood Racing and Rikesh Sewgoolam-owned colt will face a top class field, including last years English 2000 Guineas winner and Breeders Cup Mile third-placed Notable Speech.
The Graham Motion-trained One Stripe will be ridden by Hall Of Fame jockey John Velazquez.
He has landed a good draw of three, but returns from a five-and-a-half month layoff and is the only horse in the field carrying a Gr 1 penalty of two pounds.
One Stripe had a spin on the Woodbine dirt this morning and is looking well.
Frankie Dettori is also involved in the race.
He rides the Catherine Day Phillips-trained Wyoming Bill, who is a closer who comes off a runner up finish in a Gr 2 over course and distance, which was his Graded stakes debut.
The race takes place on Saturday at 23H39 SA Time.
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Graham Motion commented on One Stripe during the week, saying, “One Stripe shipped up to Canada on Tuesday morning and went to the track Wednesday. He handled everything well and I couldn’t be happier with his condition as we build up to the race. He has a good draw but unfortunately carries top weight due to his graded wins. Saturday is a big ask off the bench, especially carrying top weight. But hopefully he can be competitive and this will set him up for Del Mar (Breeders Cup) in November.”
