‘Rising Star’ Cy Fair Closes Like a Freight Train to Win Woodbine’s Algonquin

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Looking for her first black-type win, Cy Fair (Not This Time) exploded from off the pace to win Woodbine's BET365 Algonquin Stakes Sunday afternoon.

Cy Fair's career debut at Saratoga in July was good enough to earn her a TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard, badge after she ran off to a 3 1/4-length victory in the 5 1/2-furlong test. Beaten a desperate neck in the Bolton Landing Stakes over that course and trip Aug. 17, the bay was nonetheless backed into even-money favoritism to make things right this time.

Foregoing the front-running tactics this time, Cy Fair broke well but was eased back to sixth as a trio of fillies slugged it out through an opening quarter in :22.56.

Still at the back and fanned wide turning for home, Cy Fair catapulted from the back of the field to the front in a matter of strides and ran clear late to score by an eye-catching margin over SW Casson (Caravaggio). Gypsy Art (Munnings) was third.

“She has a strong heart–you could see her pin her ears at horses,” said winning rider Sahin Civaci, who won last year's Algonquin with Mi Bago. “She likes the competition, I could tell.”

Explaining his tactics coming into Sunday's race, Civaci said, “I watched her replays and I felt like it wouldn't matter if I come off the pace or be on the front. I felt like she would be much the best in this field.”

Owned by Swinbank Stables, LLC, Medallion Racing and Mark Stanton, Cy Fair, a $185,000 purchase at the 2025 OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, was bred in Kentucky by Marc Keller.

In 2024, the winner's dam Remarqued dropped a filly by Omaha Beach and followed up with a filly by Nyquist.

A half-sister to dual Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed Crimson Advocate (Nyquist), Remarqued was bred back to Nyquist.

 

BET365 ALGONQUIN S., C$184,450, Woodbine, 10-5, 2yo, 5fT, :56.39, fm.
1–CY FAIR, 117, f, 2, by Not This Time
1st Dam: Remarqued, by Arch
2nd Dam: Citizen Advocate, by Proud Citizen
3rd Dam: Twilight Service, by Horse Chestnut (SAf)
*TDN Rising Star* ($185,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR).
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Swinbank, Reagan, Medallion Racing
and Stanton, Mark; B-Marc Keller (KY); T-George Weaver;
J-Sahin Civaci. C$105,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $160,205.
2–Casson, 122, c, 2, Caravaggio–Zee Ro Drop, by Lemon Drop
Kid. ($200,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP). O-Manfred and Penny Conrad;
B-Ballycroy Training Centre & Villa Rosa Farms (ON); T-Mark E.
Casse. C$42,000.
3–Gypsy Art, 118, c, 2, Munnings–The Girl Herself, by
American Pharoah. ($200,000 2yo '25 EASMAY).
O-Mrs. Fitriani Hay; B-Chelston (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward.
C$19,250.
Margins: 3 1/4, 1 1/4, HF. Odds: 1.05, 2.40, 3.30.
Also Ran: Highwaytothemoon, Reb Five, Shak Town. Scratched: Rogue Legend (GB).
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