Serendipity Draws Chance Card Early And Wins Woodbine’s Selene

[Wandering Eyes]

With a fortunate spark of front-end speed, Serendipity (Street Sense) made every pole a winning one to take her first higher level race in the GIII Selene Stakes at Woodbine on Saturday.

A former member of Brad Cox's shedrow, the filly won for that trainer in her debut going two turns on the grass at Gulfstream Park Mar. 23. Forced to run on the main track at the Big A May 9, the bay was a fading runner-up against optional claimers in her next start.

Tabbed as the 5-2 second choice here, the daughter of Street Sense blazed out of the gate and took the field into the first turn, while favorite Not Time (Not This Time) was a touch rank in the third position. Serendipity looked like a picture of poise through controlled splits of 50 and change through the first half mile and entering the lane she spurted away. Tiz Her Money (Tiz the Law) tried valiantly to make up ground, but it was not enough in the end as the Josie Carroll trainee hoisted the trophy.

“I think she's [Serendipity] an exceptionally nice filly,” said Carroll. “I know her connections all thought the same. It was their opinion she would take to the synthetic and they were spot on. She's come up here and done nothing but train well.”

Pedigree Notes:
The venerable Street Sense (by Street Cry {Ire}) now has 44 graded scores to his credit, which is led by MGISW & current sparkling sire in his own right McKinzie. The winner's dam produced current 3-year-old filly in-training & 2023 OBS Spring buy Nay V Belle (Midshipman). She foaled a filly by Nyquist last year and was bred to Elite Power for last term. Cafe Belle's own dam is GIII Comley Stakes heroine Snowbell (Tapit), who also claims SW Twice as Sweet (Candy Ride {Arg}).

Saturday, Woodbine
SELENE S.-GIII, C$152,100, Woodbine, 6-28, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m (AWT), 1:45.22, ft.
1–SERENDIPITY, 118, f, 3, by Street Sense
                1st Dam: Cafe Belle, by Medaglia d'Oro
                2nd Dam: Snowbell, by Tapit
                3rd Dam: Burmilla, by Storm Cat
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($250,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-NK Racing and LNJ Foxwoods; B-Scott Clarke, Reynard Bloodstock, Nicky Drion, S. Murat & Michael B (KY); T-Josie Carroll; J-Rafael Manuel Hernandez. C$90,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $125,386. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Tiz Her Money, 118, f, 3, Tiz the Law–Money Madness, by Rahy. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($45,000 Ylg '23 KEEJAN; $55,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Peter Deutsch; B-RTA Family Trust, George E. Saufley (KY); T-Mark E. Casse. C$30,000.
3–Somethinabouther, 122, f, 3, Mendelssohn–Phantom Proton, by Ghostzapper. ($210,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-X-Men Racing IV LLC, Madaket Stables LLC and SF Racing LLC; B-Stepaside Farm LLC (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh. C$15,000.
Margins: 2HF, 2HF, 1 3/4. Odds: 2.95, 7.00, 3.20.
Also Ran: No Time, Madame Obey, Nata Trouble, Ella It Is, Crystalaire (GB).
Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

#5 SERENDIPITY ($7.90) goes wire-to-wire in the $150,000 Selene Stakes (G3) at @WoodbineTB. This is the first graded win for the three-year-old Street Sense (@DarleyAmerica) filly, who is now 2-for-3 in her career. Rafael Hernandez was aboard for trainer @jcarrollracing. pic.twitter.com/AMOYQSYwL2

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) June 28, 2025

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