Klaravich Stables' Weigh the Risks goes for her first black-type victory when she ships to Canada for the CA$150,000 Seaway Stakes (G3) at Woodbine. While the United States invader exits an eye-popping allowance win at Saratoga Race Course, she'll have to contend with a formidable quartet of locals from Hall of Famer Mark Casse's barn.
Trained by Chad Brown -- who has won with 24% of his last 922 shippers, according to BRIS -- Weigh the Risks will be making her synthetic debut in Saturday's seven-furlong Seaway. The 4-year-old daughter of Mendelssohn has raced primarily on the dirt since breaking her maiden on the turf at Saratoga as a juvenile. Weigh the Risks is 2-for-3 this year, with her only loss coming in a runner-up finish in the one-mile Heavenly Prize Invitational Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack. She bounced back with a front-running 7 3/4-length romp going seven panels July 23 at the Spa, netting a 100 Equibase Speed Figure for her performance.
Eric Cancel rides Weigh the Risks, the 2-1 morning-line favorite, from post 8.
If Weigh the Risks chooses to make a dash for the lead, she'll have to outbattle two serious speed horses to her inside in the Casse-trained duo of Olivia Rose (post 7) and Stormcrest, who breaks from the inside post. Both mares exit gate-to-wire stakes tallies over the Woodbine Tapeta strip, although Stormcrest must overcome a 9 1/2-month layoff Saturday.
Casse also starts last year's Seaway heroine Ticker Tape Home and 2023 Woodbine Oaks winner Elysian Field .
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Woodbine, Saturday, August 23, 2025, Race 9
Grade III7fAll Weather Track $150,0003 yo's & up Fillies and Mares5:51 PM (local)PPHorseJockeyWgtTrainerM/L11Stormcast (ON)Rafael Manuel Hernandez122Mark E. Casse3/122Ticker Tape Home (ON)Patrick Husbands122Mark E. Casse8/133Metaphysical (KY)Ryan Munger122Tony Michael Gattellaro12/144Talk to Ya Later (ON)Slade Jones123Ian Black20/155A Little Frisky (ON)Fraser Aebly123Josie Carroll15/166Blind Spot (MD)Xarel Forde122Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.20/177Olivia Rose (ON)Sahin Civaci124Mark E. Casse6/188Weigh the Risks (KY)Eric Cancel123Chad C. Brown2/199Elysian Field (ON)Pietro Moran122Mark E. Casse4/1