Canadian International 2016: Odds and Picks

Woodbine’s Sunday card features the $1 million Grade 1 Pattison Canadian International. The 1 ½ miles turf race for three-year-olds and up will host a field of nine. European invaders Idaho and Dartmouth top the entries, which also includes Grade 1 Northern Dancer Turf Stakes winner The Pizza Man. Race picks can be found at Pattison Canadian International 2016: Odds and Analysis from Zipse at the Track.

Canadian International odds and post positions from the HRN Stakes Tracker are below.

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The lone three-year-old in the field, Idaho ran third in the Epsom Derby and second in the Irish Derby earlier this year before capturing the Voltigeur Stakes at York. The son of Galileo dumped his rider next time out, but is a top threat in the Canadian International with the connections of trainer Aidan O’Brien and jockey Ryan Moore, a dominating pair in European racing. Idaho will make his first North American start on Sunday.

Other European forces include the Queen’s horse Dartmouth, Protectionist, and Erupt. Dartmouth has not finished outside the top three in his last six starts, and half of those starts were wins. Protectionist ships in from a three race win streak in Germany, while Erupt seeks his first win since taking a Group 1 in July 2015.

Heading up the North American regulars is The Pizza Man. The seven-year-old gelding is the oldest horse in the field and will try to keep his winning form. He last won the Norther Dancer Turf Stakes at Woodbine, earning his first win of 2016 after some disappointing races. Wake Forsest, the Northern Dancer runner-up, last won four starts ago in the Grade 1 Man o’War. He then finished third in the Grade 1 United Nations behind World Approval, who rounded out the Northern Dancer top three in a close finish. Longshots Danish Dynaformer and Taghleeb hope to upset the talented field.

By Christine Oser