Soumillon strikes gold in Woodbine

SARAH LYNX gave Christophe Soumillon his second big win of the weekend as she came home a clear winner of the Pattison Canadian International at Woodbine on Sunday night.

Soumillon landed the Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday and he added to that tally as she steered the John Hammond-trained filly to a four-length victory.

In beating last year’s winner Joshua Tree, who is now trained by Marco Botti, Sarah Lynx was becoming the first filly or mare to win the Canadian International since Infamy in 1988.

“For a filly to win like that here you know it is phenomenal, really,” said Kate Bradley, Hammond’s assistant.

“Credit goes to Christophe because he knows the filly very, very well. He’s got great partnership with her and my boss also. We are just over the moon.”

Aidan O’Brien’s Treasure Beach plugged on for third with the John Gosden-trained Arctic Cosmos fourth.

“He jumped great and he travelled really well,” said Treasure Beach’s jockey, Colm O’Donoghue.

“I had a great position turning in and he was travelling so easy. He tried very hard for me. The ground was probably too soft for him. It was very dead.”

I’m A Dreamer fared best of the British raiders in the EP Taylor Stakes, just being edged out by local runner Miss Keller in a photo finish.

Roger Charlton’s Sea Of Heartbreak was out of the frame in the EP Taylor and the trainer suffered further disappointment as Bated Breath finished second, beaten a neck by Regally Ready, in the Nearctic Stakes.