O’Meara To Seek Second Woodbine Mile

[Wandering Eyes]

The GI Ricoh Woodbine Mile has been a lucky race for David O’Meara having saddled Mondialiste (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) to land the $800,000 contest in 2015 and the Yorkshire based Irishman will saddle Lord Glitters (Fr) (Whipper) for the same owner Geoff Turnbull at the Canadian track next Saturday. O’Meara and Turnbull bought Lord Glitters for €270,000 at Arqana’s Summer Sale just over a year ago and the 5-year-old has paid back that investment in spades. His last time out win in the G3 Strensall S. at York was preceded by some praiseworthy placed efforts at the highest level in the G1 Qatar Sussex S. and the G1 Queen Anne S. and he has never been worse than third in eight starts for O’Meara. With stable jockey Danny Tudhope required for the O’Meara runners in Ireland next Saturday Jamie Spencer will take over the reins at Woodbine having already partnered Lord Glitters at Royal Ascot. “Lord Glitters will fly out to Woodbine on Sunday,” the trainer told At The Races. “He’s a very good miler and hasn’t done a lot wrong this year. He likes to come off a strong pace and he should get that at Woodbine. He was a bit unlucky at Goodwood but made amends at York.” O’Meara’s previous winner of the Woodbine Mile finished second in the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile on his next start and O’Meara indicated if all went well on Saturday Lord Glitters could follow a similar path.

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