Stage Set for Alberta Sires Stakes Super Finals
The 2024 Alberta Sires Stakes season wraps up this Saturday, Nov. 2, at Century Mile with four divisional championships in the Challenge of Champions Super Finals, totalling $320,000 in purses. Starting in the seventh race, each $80,000 final will highlight Alberta’s top contenders.
In the two-year-old filly division, unbeaten Custard Dolce seeks her eighth straight stakes victory, with trainer Jamie Gray’s Tornado Rain also entered. Winds Of Change-sired fillies, Mademechangemymind and Blowing Inthe Wind, add intrigue as they challenge the favourite.
Race eight will feature standout two-year-old colts like Outlawminutbyminut, who just set a new track record at Century Downs, and Custers Stand, coming off a two-race win streak under trainer Marie Brooking.
The three-year-old filly final includes the formidable Outlawguns N Roses, aiming for her sixth straight win, and rival Byby Baby Byby, setting up an anticipated rematch. Spoiler contender Over Ice, with Brandon Campbell, rounds out the line-up.
Closing the stakes season, three-year-old colts and geldings will compete in the tenth race. Grey Horizon, with eight wins and over $200,000 earned this season, headlines, alongside Rum N Custard and Alberta Marksman winner Tzilacatzin.
Races three through six will feature $15,000 consolation events, and the 11-race card will begin at 7:30 p.m. MDT.
01 November 2024, 13:00