Shared Account, Zagora top Canadian

The C$300,000

Canadian

S. (Can-G2) on Sunday's Woodbine Mile (Can-G1) undercard came up much

tougher and deeper than its grade suggests. Reigning Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare

Turf (G1) winner SHARED ACCOUNT (Pleasantly Perfect) and recent Diana S. (G1)

heroine ZAGORA (Fr) (Green Tune) lead a full field of 14 in the about 1 1/8-mile

turf test, which might argue for its elevation to Grade 1 status in the future.

Shared Account, who fended off Midday (GB) (Oasis Dream [GB]) to upset the

Filly & Mare Turf at odds of 46-1, has raced only once since. Reappearing in the

May 21 Gallorette H. (G3) at Pimlico, the Graham Motion mare checked in a

non-threatening fourth. She had finished a much better fourth in that same event

in the spring of 2010, an effort that set her up for a victory in the All Along

S. (G3) and a near-miss in the Diana.

Unlike last season, Shared Account has spent this summer on the sidelines.

She breezed just twice in June, and didn't return to the worktab until late

August. Sunday's test thus assumes greater importance as a tightener building up

toward a Breeders' Cup title defense. Regular rider Edgar Prado will guide the

8-1 shot from post 8.

The Martin Schwartz colorbearer took five starts to break through in the

United States, performing well each time before earning her signature win in the

July 30 Diana. Zagora was done no favors by the draw, however: she landed in

post 13 with Javier Castellano.

Earlier this year, Zagora finished third in the April 16 Jenny Wiley S. (G2)

to NEVER RETREAT (Smart Strike) and FANTASIA (GB) (Sadler's Wells). Never

Retreat later traded decisions with BAY TO BAY (Sligo Bay [Ire]) at Woodbine,

finishing second to her in the June 4 Nassau S. (Can-G2) before exacting revenge

in the July 10 Dance Smartly S. (Can-G2).

Bay to Bay went on to garner third to Zagora in the Diana, providing a piece

of interlocking form, and is listed as the 9-2 second choice on the morning

line. Never Retreat didn't fare as well next out, fading to seventh in the

August 13 Beverly D. S. (G1), and rates as an 8-1 chance Sunday. The Team Block

mare should prefer cutting back slightly in trip and returning to Woodbine,

though, and could loom as an overlay.

Trainer Mark Frostad like has three entrants -- STARS TO SHINE (Tale of the

Cat), MAGIC BROOMSTICK (More Than Ready) and FOREST UPROAR (Forest Wildcat).

Stars to Shine, the Belle Mahone heroine, was a troubled fifth to Never Retreat

in the Dance Smartly two back. Marooned in post 14 on Sunday, she picks up the

services of up-and-coming Englishman William Buick.

Magic Broomstick, a distant third in last year's Canadian, next came third in

a three-way photo with Fantasia and Never Retreat in the River Memories. She did

not resurface until July 24, when she kicked off 2011 with an 8 1/2-length

allowance conquest. Forest Uproar, a minor stakes winner at Fair Grounds in

January, has looked up against it in graded company.

Rounding out the Canadian field are HOOH WHY (Cloud Hopping), the 2009

Ashland S. (G1) queen who just landed the restricted Illinois Owners' S. on

turf, and recent optional claiming winner WOOLLY BEAR (Proud Citizen).