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<\/a>Longhi (Maggie Kimmitt Photography)<\/p>\nBody checked at the outset of the 5 \u00bd-furlong maiden special weight on the main track (the race was originally scheduled for the turf), Longhi was settled near the back of the back in the 11-horse field. Saving ground into the turn for home, the colt, under Jorge Ruiz, had to find a seam behind a wall of rivals before swinging wide at the top of the lane.<\/p>\n
After finding a clear run, Longhi powered home to win by 4 \u00be lengths in 1:06.00.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe game plan was to go down there and race on the grass, and we felt pretty good about it,\u201d said Motion. \u201cIt came off the grass and he had always breezed pretty well on the dirt, so we decided to take a shot. He was very impressive and here we are. We have to go to the next level.<\/p>\n
Jane Buchanan, racing manager for Motion\u2019s stable, pointed out the Soaring Free as a good fit for Longhi.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it made a lot of sense,\u201d said Motion. \u201cI think he will appreciate going further. I had a conversation with the farm manager as to what we do next, whether we stick with the dirt because he won or go to the turf. I would be surprised if he is not a grass horse. Who knows? Maybe one day we will come back to the dirt. I think for now that this is the right path. We also have John Velazquez riding, which is a bonus.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has always been a straight-forward horse. Usually, when you start a horse early, it is usually because you like them and handle everything well. He was just one of those horses who went through everything that was asked of him and did it well.\u201d<\/p>\n
The son of multiple Group 1 winner Caravaggio, out of Lovely Moment (ARG), by Equal Stripes (ARG), breezed five furlongs in 1:01:20 at Fair Hill on August 7.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has always been a very nice work horse, so I was very happy with that. My experience with a couple of Caravaggios has been very good. They are very good students. Two of my first few 2-year-old starters have been Caravaggios. They handle the program very well.\u201d \u200b<\/p>\n
Trainer Mark Casse sends out the trio of Casson, Jupiter, and Rude Procedure, who finished first, second and third, respectively, in the Victoria Stakes on July 12 at Woodbine.<\/p>\n
Soaring Free, who lends this stakes his name, was Canada\u2019s Horse of the Year and Outstanding Turf Male in 2004 after capturing the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile. Soaring Free retired in 2006 at age seven after trying for his third win in the Shakertown at Keeneland, losing by less than three lengths. He compiled a record of 15 wins (10 in stakes races) and four seconds in 27 starts and purse earnings of $2,110,371. The Sam-Son Farm homebred was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2013.<\/p>\n
The wagering menu for the Soaring Free includes Rolling Double, Exacta, 0.20 Trifecta, 0.20 Superfecta, 0.20 Pick 3 (Races 11-12-13), $1 Swinger.<\/p>\n
Fans can wager on all the action through HPIbet.com and bet365.com.<\/p>\n
Field for the Soaring Free Stakes \u2013 Race 11<\/p>\n
Post \u2013 Horse \u2013 Jockey \u2013 Trainer<\/p>\n
1 \u2013 Two Out Hero \u2013 Rafael Hernandez \u2013 Kevin Attard<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 Jutland \u2013 Sofia Vives \u2013 Kelsey Danner<\/p>\n
3 \u2013 Longhi \u2013 John Velaquez \u2013 Graham Motion<\/p>\n
4 \u2013 Casson \u2013 Patrick Husbands \u2013 Mark Casse<\/p>\n
5 \u2013 Jupiter \u2013 Sahin Civaci \u2013 Mark Casse<\/p>\n
6 \u2013 Baytown Dreamer \u2013 Declan Cannon \u2013 Paul McEntee<\/p>\n
7 \u2013 Mo Dodgy \u2013 Addiel Ayala\u00a0\u2013 Kevin Rice<\/p>\n
8 \u2013 Rude Procedure \u2013 Pietro Moran \u2013 Mark Casse<\/p>\n
9 \u2013 Argos \u2013 Flavien Prat \u2013 Riley Mott<\/p>\n
Chris Lomon, Woodbine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO, August 13, 2025 \u2013 Longhi, trained by multiple graded stakes winner Graham Motion, will test out the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-65095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}