Filo Di Arianna (BRZ)

Filo Di Arianna, a Brazilian-bred son of Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Drosselmeyer, was purchased by Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable, and Peter Deutsch and shipped to North America after winning her first three career starts at Gavea Racecourse in his home country by a combined 26 ¼ lengths, including two group stakes.

He began his Northern Hemisphere career with a 2 ¼-length win in a seven-furlong turf allowance race at Woodbine in June 2021, but then was shelved until spring 2022, when he returned for a 6-year-old campaign.

Filo Di Arianna was no threat in his first two starts of the year, finishing off the board in the Grade 2 Shakertown Stakes and the Grade 1 Jaipur Stakes. Shipped back to Woodbine by trainer Mark Casse, he won an allowance optional claiming race on the synthetic Tapeta main track by 6 ¾ lengths in early July and then broke through with a graded stakes victory by 2 ½ lengths over March to the Arch in the Grade 2 Connaught Cup Stakes on July 23.

The 6-year-old was right back competing against Grade 2 company in the King Edward Stakes Aug. 21 on the Queen’s Plate undercard at Woodbine, and once again he posted a comfortable win, besting Harlan’s Estate by two lengths.